Haredi anti-draft march in Bnei Brak doubled as launch event for a protest political party - report
"In Netanyahu's Government of Evasion, the deserters are the heroes," Gadi Eisenkot claimed, dubbing the march "Netanyahu's walk of shame."
On Sunday, a significant demonstration took place in Bnei Brak, Israel, where hundreds of Haredi men gathered to support 160 Haredi draft evaders. However, this rally served a dual purpose - it also marked the inauguration of Tzeva Shahor, a Haredi protest political party.
The organizers of the event kept the political undertones of the march under wraps, wary of potential interference from authorities. Tzeva Shahor, a Haredi political party and movement, originated as an anti-conscription alert system, alerting supporters about potential arrests of Haredi draft evaders by military police.
In an unusual twist, the draft evaders were not apprehended during a proactive operation but were instead stopped from leaving the country to visit the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov in Uman for Rosh Hashanah. Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of the Yashar Party, dismissed the Bnei Brak march by describing it as "Netanyahu's walk of shame" in a post on X/Twitter.
Eisenkot argued that the Government of Evasion, under Netanyahu, promotes evasion, abandons security, and has failed to arrest deserters for months. He declared that the party will soon replace this government with a Zionist mobilization government that will pass a real draft law to bolster the IDF, honor its serving members, and impose sanctions on evaders.
Avigdor Leiberman, the leader of Yisrael Beytenu, echoed Eisenkot's viewpoint, stating that without the Haredi draft evaders, Netanyahu's government would crumble.
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