Are the police lying? Who would have believed it: The 'ultra-Orthodox renegade' Avraham Angel, a student at the 'Nazar Israel' yeshiva in Modi'in Illit, who was arrested on Friday afternoon at the Ofer crossing on Route 443 while driving a stolen vehicle, was handed over to the military police and transferred to Military Prison 10.
Following the arrest, widespread demonstrations by the 'Jerusalem faction' are expected in the coming week.
Yesterday, during a routine vehicle inspection at the Ofer Checkpoint, Border Police and border guards stopped a vehicle that was on its way to Jerusalem. The vehicle was discovered to be stolen, and the driver, an Ashdod resident in his 20s, was arrested on the spot.
After an investigation, it turned out that the young Haredi man was also a draft evader.
In protest of his arrest, crowds of Haredim were called to the scene and blocked Highway 443, creating heavy traffic jams.
Later, the 'Black Color' editorial team reported that "after crowds arrived at the scene and received clarification that the young man would not be handed over to the military police - there was no need to go to the scene.".
However, with the onset of Shabbat, news arrived that despite clarification from police officials that the yeshiva student would not be handed over to the military police, he was extradited and imprisoned.
""The Black Color System expresses enormous concern over the lack of trust in the Israel Police, which will lead to anarchy and loss of control during attempts to arrest yeshiva students," the organization said in a statement.
