The demonstration follows a similar protest which took place Wednesday, when two yeshiva students were detained by police and transferred to the care of military police after they were declared defectors. Throughout the day, hundreds of protesters who are members of an extremist, Jerusalem-based group that resists Zionism and does not acknowledge the State of Israel, took to the roads of Jerusalem, Ma'ale Adumim and Beit Shemesh in violent demonstrations that caused significant traffic jams.Police arrested six of the protesters who attempted to block a police vehicle, and an additional three men were detained after they refused to evacuate the road. On Tuesday, 40 demonstrators were arrested in the largely haredi city of Bnei Brak. According to police, the protesters, who were demonstrating against the arrest of haredi defectors, rushed into the road, endangering drivers as well as pedestrians, and blocking traffic. Police also noted that they attempted to attack policemen.Multiple such standoffs between haredi demonstrators and police took place in recent weeks, and the police have said they are preparing for additional protests in the future.כ-30 חרדים חוסמים את התנועה בצומת שילת כחלק מהמחאה נגד מעצר עריקים • @Yossi_eli @TzurMaor pic.twitter.com/Tg1PeXpFeN
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