Members of the Peleg Yerushalmi anti-IDF recruitment group blocked Highway 4 near Bnei Brak, and border police dispersed the demonstrators and reopened the road.
Israeli police confirmed that Peleg Yerushalmi, an anti-IDF haredi (ultra-Orthodox) activist group, blocked Highway 4 near Bnei Brak on Sunday afternoon.
Israeli police try to disperse Peleg Yerushalmi haredi anti-conscription protesters blocking Highway 4 on December 28, 2025. (Image source: Israeli Police)
Highway 4 was closed in both directions between the Aluf Sade and Em Moshavot overpasses, police noted, adding that traffic south of the Em Moshavot overpass was being rerouted to Petah Tikva.
Video shared by Walla appeared to show border police trying to disperse protesters, who were sitting on the road blocking traffic.
Police later confirmed that officers arrested at least three protesters.
Walla reported that protesters allegedly shouted that police who tried to break up the protest were “Nazis.”
An anti-conscription Orthodox protest blocked a highway near Ashkelon earlier on Sunday, but the road was quickly reopened after police arrived and dispersed protesters.
The group held a similar protest at the same location on Monday.
Hodaya Ran contributed to this report.
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