Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest military draft in Jerusalem
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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding signs saying they would rather go to jail. The current draft exemption given to the ultra-Orthodox has caused deep divisions in Israeli society, emerging as the most serious threat to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The embattled leader relies on ultra-Orthodox parties to keep his government limping
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