Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rally in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2025, in protest over the Israeli military's plan to conscript them. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has deeply divided Israeli society.

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rally in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2025, in protest over the Israeli military's plan to conscript them. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has deeply divided Israeli society.

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rally in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2025, in protest over the Israeli military's plan to conscript them. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has deeply divided Israeli society.

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rally in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2025, in protest over the Israeli military's plan to conscript them. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has deeply divided Israeli society.

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Protest over military conscription in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rally in Jerusalem on Oct. 30, 2025, in protest over the Israeli military's plan to conscript them. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has deeply divided Israeli society.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray during a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Jerusalem

Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in a protest in Jerusalem on October 30, 2025. Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.CO

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

A Conscription Medical Examination Station in Funing

YANCHENG, CHINA - JULY 29, 2024 - Young conscripts attend a physical examination at a conscription medical examination station in Funing county, Yancheng city, East China's Jiangsu province, July 29, 2024.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli mounted police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli mounted police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli mounted police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest - Israel

Israeli mounted police officers clash with Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during an Ultra-Orthodox protest against army draft on July 16, 2024 in Bnei Brak, Israel. Last month, the country's supreme court issued a ruling that ended a government policy exempting ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, men from military conscription. Mandatory military service has been a large part of Israeli life, but there has been a longstanding exception for Haredi men, who instead continue full-time Torah study. Photo by Itai Ron/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews Protest Army Conscription - Israel

Ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffle with Israeli anti-riot police as they block the highway in a sit-in protest against obligatory military service on June 27, 2024, in Bnei Brak, Israel. The nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. Photo by Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM