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The Tikvah Podcast·Episode 447·Feb 19, 2026

Yehoshua Pfeffer on the Causes of the Bnei Brak Draft Riot

Israel has operated in the skies above Tehran. It has struck nuclear facilities near Baghdad and dominated the airspace of its enemies across the region. But according to a newsletter that the Israeli journalist Amit Segal sent out earlier this week, there is one city in the Middle East where the IDF cannot move freely. That city is a fifteen-minute drive from Tel Aviv, and is called Bnei Brak.

Haredi anti-conscription protesters block a road in Bnei Brak

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