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Haredi Jews clash with Police against anti-gathering decision in Meron

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  • Source: Al Mayadeen English
  • 26 May 2024 21:25
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Haredi Jews have violently clashed with Israeli police as they tried to

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  • Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance around a bonfire during Lag B'Omer celebrations at the traditional grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Jabal al-Jarmaq, occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 19, 2022 (AP)
    Ultra-Orthodox Jews dance around a bonfire during Lag B'Omer celebrations at the traditional grave site of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Jabal al-Jarmaq, occupied Palestine, Thursday, May 19, 2022 (AP)

Israeli occupation police and Haredi Jews clashed on Sunday, as they barged into Jabal al-Jarmaq [Meron] to perform Talmudic Prayers for the Lag B'Omer holiday, Israeli media reported. 

Reportedly, Israeli police stopped busses transporting Haredim settlers at the Ghor crossing on the way to Jabal al-Jarmaq (Meron), after imposing a complete restriction on travels to the mountain and its vicinity. 

Currently happening:

Zionist police attacked worshipers and an elderly Jew fell to the ground covered in blood.

Zionists are attacking Jews now. pic.twitter.com/RXydPWAEBJ

— Torah Judaism (@TorahJudaism) May 26, 2024

Confrontations and blockings, according to Israeli media, come amid the occupation military and police's decision to prohibit gatherings in Jabal al-Jarmaq for security reasons, declaring it a closed military area. 

Read more: Why did Hezbollah strike the Israeli 'Meron' intel, airforce base?

Videos circulated on social media showed the intensity and violence during clashes between Israeli police and Haredi Jews.

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تغطية صحفية: مواجهات بين شرطة الاحتلال ومستوطنين من "الحريديم" الذين حاولوا الدخول إلى جبل الجرمق "ميرون" لأداء طقوس تلمودية رغم قرار منعهم بسبب التصعيد على الجبهة الشمالية والخشية من استهداف المنطقة بالصــواريخ pic.twitter.com/He37ewXA4P

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) May 26, 2024

In another video, Israeli police were shown trying to clear the prayer site after settlers managed to enter. 

تغطية صحفية: شرطة الاحتلال تقمع مستوطنين من "الحريديم" بعد دخولهم إلى جبل الجرمق "ميرون" لأداء صلوات تلمودية في "عيد المشاعل" اليهودي رغم قرار الجبهة الداخلية في جيش الاحتلال إغلاق المنطقة بسبب التصعيد على الجبهة الشمالية وخشية من استهدافها بالصــواريخ pic.twitter.com/rFIy9ois8F

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) May 26, 2024

The Ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jewish community has been at the forefront of anti-governmental policies since a bill was raised to begin conscripting the Haredim to fight in Gaza, on "biblical doctrinal" grounds, often chanting the slogan "We would rather die than enlist" during their demonstrations.

Earlier in May, members of the community set the Israeli occupation flag on fire while protesting conscription policies outside the military recruitment center in Tel Aviv.

In March, Israeli Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef threatened a mass departure from "Israel" if mandatory military drafting was enforced, sparking a great uproar within the entity already extremely divided on the matter, which was brought back to the spotlight after the war on Gaza began.

"We will buy tickets; there is no such thing as forcing us into the army. The state stands on this," Yosef said commenting on lawmakers' attempts to impose a mandatory conscription on Haredim.

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