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Israeli policemen try to forcibly remove Ultra-orthodox Jewish protesters assembling for a protest against their conscription into the Israeli armed forces, in Jerusalem on March 18, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. As Israelis are called up to join the war effort in Gaza, anger is mounting at the ultra-Orthodox community which has long been spared the compulsory military service required of most citizens. Since Israel's founding in 1948, Jewish men who studied the Torah full-time in a seminary have been granted an annual deferment from military service until the age of 26, at which point they become exempt. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo)
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