Protesters blocked a major highway after Israel's Supreme Court ordered the drafting of ultra-Orthodox youth into the military.

This long-standing arrangement has bred widespread resentment among the broader public — a sentiment that has grown stronger during the eight-month war against Hamas in Gaza.Over 600 soldiers have been killed, and tens of thousands of reservists have been activated, straining careers, businesses and family lives.Protesters sat on the highway and lay on the ground as police lifted them up and dragged them away. Officers mounted on horseback charged into the crowd.

"We all came here for one goal, we reflect the position of all the Orthodox public," said a young man, identifying himself only by his first name Ozer.The ultra-Orthodox see their full-time religious study as their part in protecting the state.Many fear that greater contact with secular society through the military will distance adherents from strict observance of the faith.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men stand in front of a coffin with a banner that reads in Hebrew "We'll die and not go to the army".

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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