On the face of it, the ultra-Orthodox demonstrations in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh are another protest against the state and its intention to draft yeshiva students.
A member of the Haredi community, recently discharged from the IDF, was attacked by an ultra-Orthodox mob of yeshiva students Wednesday night when they surrounded him, subjected him to verbal abuse and threw garbage cans and even stones at him.
Violent demonstrations across Israel by ultra-Orthodox followers of Rabbi Shmuel Auerbah over the arrest of an army deserter continued into their third day on Thursday.
The IDF Military Court on Thursday demoted the former senior IDF officer Ofek Buchris to the rank of colonel.
The Arab Organization for Human Rights in Britain on Tuesday called on British police to arrest former IDF Major General and MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid), who is accused of having committed war crimes during his years in the IDF.
The head of the IDF Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, suspended a colonel for one week beginning Thursday after classified documents and an encrypted cellphone were stolen from his vehicle, the army announced Sunday.
A Former IDF general convicted of sexual offenses admitted wrongdoing during a sentencing hearing Tuesday morning, with judges deciding to delay a decision until next month.
Captain Yehuda Glickman is a haredi officer who is responsible for the recruitment of haredim to the IDF.
A personal computer containing classified documents and sensitive military information were stolen on Monday night from the home of Maj. Gen Hagai Topolansky, head of the Israeli military’s personnel directorate. His car was also taken.
Police arrested 13 ultra-Orthodox men during a protest in front of the home of the Kiryat Gat chief rabbi on Monday. The demonstrators were protesting against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox community members into the IDF.