**JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL**
Clashes broke out in Jerusalem on Thursday between Israeli police and ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, who were protesting attempts to conscript them into the army.
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated in the city, throwing stones and eggs at buses, prompting the police to use force and arrest several protesters, according to the local Yedioth Ahronoth daily.
The newspaper reported that the demonstrators blocked a street, chanted anti-army and anti-police slogans, and uprooted several traffic lights.
Police said one of their officers was injured during the clashes, the report said.
In June, Israel's Supreme Court mandated the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredim, into the army and banned financial aid to religious institutions whose students refused military service.
Haredi Jews make up about 13% of Israel's population of approximately 9.9 million and do not serve in the military, instead dedicating their lives to studying the Torah.
Israeli law requires all Israelis over 18 to serve in the military, and the exemption of Haredim has been a contentious issue for decades.
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