Prayer of protest
Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews gathered for a mass prayer in Jerusalem on March 2 in protest at a bill that would cut their community's military exemptions.
Ultra-Orthodox leaders had called on their men, women and children to attend the protest against new legislation ending wholesale army exemptions granted to seminary students, which is expected to pass in the coming weeks and would end a tradition upheld since Israel's foundation.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy looks down from a balcony at the mass prayer below.
Crowds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish women take part in the protest
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy rests during the mass prayer.
A man closes his eyes as he takes part.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men join in with the mass prayer.
Men pray in front of a derelict building.
Others attend the mass prayer.
A young boy holds up a sign during the protest.
Men crowd together at the mass prayer.
Young men sit in trees during the event.
Ultra-Orthodox youths dance after the prayer.
Boys stand on top of a bus stop during the protest.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk over flyers left scattered on the ground.
