Deleted IDF video instructed haredi draft evaders how to avoid Ben-Gurion checks
It is unclear whether the IDF has a mechanism to prevent someone from reporting for the summons, avoiding a departure restriction, traveling to Uman, and then failing to complete enlistment.
The IDF's official Instagram channel for haredi service members, hardim.idf, published a video on Wednesday instructing ultra-Orthodox draft evaders on how to avoid arrest at Ben-Gurion Airport. The video, featuring an AI-generated figure named "Dudi the Explainer," advised haredi men to make a "brief visit to the recruitment office with medical documents" to lift travel bans and avoid arrest, particularly ahead of the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, Ukraine. The video was removed an hour after Army Radio reported on it and inquired with the IDF. The clip aimed to inform individuals facing departure restrictions to report to a recruitment office before traveling.
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