Over 20 arrested in Haredi protests

More than a 20 protestors are reported to have been arrested in protests by members of the ultra-Orthodox community on Tuesday.

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protestors attempted to block central traffic routes in the cities of Bnei Brak and Jerusalem, in protest of the arrest of a yeshiva student, under charges of defection.

The protests' organizers belong to the Lithuanian Haredi sector, which has waged war against drafting yeshiva students to the IDF, under the direction of their leader,Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach.