‘Israel has declared war on Torah scholars’: Haredi leaders call for global protest

“The State of Israel has declared war on Torah scholars. The Haredi community will launch a global battle like no other,” the leaders of the Haredi community said.

The leaders of the global haredi community on Wednesday held an emergency consultation meeting at the home of leading haredi figure Rabbi Dov Landau, following the arrest of two yeshiva students for draft dodging.

In the meeting, leaders discussed “ways to respond following the arrest of the yeshiva students, with the goal of formulating a consensus reaction among all sects and communities.”

“As is known, Rabbi Landau warned last week in his speech at the Council of Yeshivas conference that if the State of Israel declares war on Torah scholars, the entire Haredi Jewish world will mobilize for a fight,” the Haredi community said in a statement.

“The State of Israel has declared war on Torah scholars. The Haredi community will launch a global battle like no other.”

The IDF military court arrested the two Haredi brothers, Rafael and Baruch Yitzhakov, of the “Meorot HaTorah” yeshiva in Kiryat Ye’arim, on Tuesday night and sentenced them to 17 and 13 days in detention, respectively.

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“Following the arrest of draft dodgers – an emergency gathering at Rabbi Lando’s house to fight against conscription, while our soldiers are fighting on all fronts and risking their lives,” Yisrael Beytenu chairman Avigdor Lieberman wrote on X/Twitter.

“If they enlisted for the security of the state as zealously as they enlist for draft dodging, the State of Israel would be stronger and more united.”

This is a developing story.