As part of a mass mobilization in several Orthodox communities around the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Elad, Safed and Beis Shemesh) over the recent arrest of two religious Jewish young men who refused to serve in the IDF, large crowds came out to protest in Jerusalem on Monday, October 16. At least 12 were beaten and arrested by police. In one shocking incident, an officer pointed a gun on unarmed Orthodox Jewish demonstrators, threatening, "Who wants a bullet?"