Ultra-Orthodox Jews battle with Israeli police and eight are arrested as they protest against court ruling that they must serve in the military

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews scuffled with police in Jerusalem on Sunday in protest against a court ruling that could require them to serve in the army like secular Israelis.
The demonstration in an ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of the city was organised by a particularly hardline group known as the Eda Haredit.
Rabbis gave speeches in Yiddish in the Mea Shearim neighbourhood, while a banner read: ‘We’re Jews and therefore will not enlist in the Zionist army.
The protest became violent when demonstrators blocked roads and resisted efforts to disperse them by riot police, mounted officers and water cannon.
‘Eight rioters who used violence against police were arrested,’ a police statement said in Hebrew.  ‘They lay down in the road, shouting slogans against the police, some of them threw stones at police,’ the statement added.’
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