MK Calls on IDF To Be Gentle With Yeshiva Student Arrests

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mk-david-azoulayMK David Azoulay (Shas) called on the IDF to be gentler with yeshiva students who are guilty of draft-dodging Thursday, in light of the violent protests in Yerushalayim against the yeshiva students’ arrests.

“You take a guy in yeshiva straight to jail, a man without a criminal record, who enters prison under harsh conditions – these people go through a crisis,” said MK Azoulay to Arutz Sheva Thursday.

“The army has to consider that there has never been a situation like this, where someone could report to an Army office or a police station and then immediately find himself in jail,” he reasoned. “[They] should take it seriously and deal sensibly with the issue. It is very easy to put a man in jail, but it will not cause him to be a better citizen.”

MK Azoulay related that this is not the first time yeshiva students have been arrested. “It’s certainly not the first case, there have been several cases of yeshiva students imprisoned – some for two weeks, some three, some of them were tried and some were pardoned,” he stated. “I think the army should take them seriously and treat yeshiva students with more respect.” Read more at ARUTZ SHEVA.

{Matzav.com Israel}


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