AM ISRAEL CHAI | VIDEO | 755643

Residents of Kfar Yona and local officials have moved to block ultra-Orthodox demonstrators from entering the town, as tensions over military conscription continue to escalate. Police were deployed at multiple sites to prevent confrontations between residents and Haredi protesters, who were demonstrating against the arrest of men accused of evading military service. Local authorities stated they are working to halt protest convoys from reaching the town, while Haredi families contend that the draft poses a threat to their religious way of life.