Dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway protesting army draft

Nearly a hundred ultra-Orthodox Jews have blocked a highway to protest against the Israeli government’s push to draft them into the army.

According to Israeli Army radio, the group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked an intersection near a recruitment office in Tel HaShomer, a neighbourhood in northern Israel.

Earlier, the Times of Israel reported that the government was scheduled to send out 1,000 draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men.