Anti-Zionist faction shuts down Route 38 near Beit Shemesh and light rail at Sarei Yisrael Street in Jerusalem; police preparing to clear roads and asking drivers to avoid the areas
Protesters from the anti-Zionist Edah Hacharedis faction blocked major roads this evening in protest of arrests of draft evaders.
The demonstrations took place at two locations: on Route 38 near Beit Shemesh, and in Jerusalem on Sarei Yisrael Street (near the Central Bus Station), where protesters halted light rail traffic in the area of the Turim station.
Police are preparing to clear the roads and have asked drivers to avoid the areas.
Israel Police issued a statement: "Following the public disturbances that developed in the Jerusalem District, district police and Border Police fighters removed those disrupting public order from the road in Beit Shemesh, and the Route 38 artery has been reopened to traffic.
Regarding the disturbance in Jerusalem, after a police officer declared an order to clear the artery and those disrupting order did not comply, forces are operating using crowd-dispersal measures, with the aim of restoring public order.
The driving public is asked to avoid coming to the location and to use alternative routes until public order is restored."
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