The protests were over 5 months into Gaza war and against Netanyahu’s coalition govt, demanding end to exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from compulsory military service.
Zabulun Simintov, 62, had earlier agreed to be evacuated from Afghanistan but later backed out as he faces possible jail time in Israel for refusing to divorce his wife for more than 20 years.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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