‘Better to go to prison’: Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against army service
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription for their community, an issue that has caused major strain in Israel’s right-wing ruling coalition. The vast crowd was demonstrating to demand a law guaranteeing their right to avoid Israel’s mandatory military service – long promised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Crowds of men set fire to pieces of tarpaulin as hundreds of police officers cordoned off several roads...