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300 ultra-Orthodox Jews block Bar-Ilan junction to protest light rail

Around 300 ultra-Orthodox (haredi) Jews have gathered by the Bar-Ilan junction in Jerusalem, blocking the road in the process, to protest the construction of the light rail, Ynet reported.

The protesters referred to the construction of the train as a "decree of expulsion and annihilation against Jerusalem's haredim."

The protest eventually saw the deployment of Border Police. According to a police statement, one Border Police officer was pepper-sprayed by a protester and lightly injured.

Police have so far arrested four protesters.