Haredi protesters block Highway 1 and dozens of major roads against yeshiva-student arrests

Convoys of ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked Highway 1 and dozens of other major roads to oppose arrests of yeshiva students who refuse draft notices. UTJ MK Yitzhak Goldknopf and Shas Religious Services Minister Michael Malkieli joined the demonstrations alongside leading rabbis, framing the enforcement push as a 'gezeira' (decree) against full-time Torah study. The protests came as Haredi parties pressed the coalition to advance legislation protecting the status of yeshiva study.