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Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a highway during a protest against army recruitment, near Bnei Brak, Israel,

Video. Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against new military draft exemption rules

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Police use water cannons to disperse the protesters blocking a road in central Israel.

WATCH: Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road in central Israel in protest of the Supreme Court's decision on military draft exemptions for the religious.

The court decided last week to freeze funding to Jewish seminaries whose students have not turned up to be drafted into the military.

Ultra-Orthodox men have long received exemptions from military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish men, generating widespread resentment.

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