Second Kvutza Bochur Arrested Over Draft Evasion After Returning To Israel Friday

by CrownHeights.info

A second Israeli bochur, returning to Israel following a year in Kvutza, was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport on Friday, raising concerns as dozens more are expected to arrive back in Israel over the coming days.

According to the news outlet Haredim 10, the police who arrested the young man at the airport were plainclothes detectives. They allowed the parents to hug their son, whom they had not seen for over a year, upon leaving Ben Gurion Airport, before calmly explained to them the process that awaited him.

The military court sentenced him to 13 days in prison.

Earlier in the week, the forst arrest of a Kvutza bochur was reported, with the reason for the arrest being given as the recent cancellation of the long-standing arrangement between Chabad and the Israeli military authorities.

That unique arrangement was nullified earlier this year following intervention by the Israeli Supreme Court, and amid new enforcement measures relating to the military draft law. As a result, Israeli yeshiva students returning from abroad now face legal uncertainty, with some potentially subject to detention upon arrival.