Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest army draft plan in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets of Jerusalem on Thursday to protest government plans to expand military conscription in their community and the recent arrests of draft dodgers by military police.

Almost all sects and factions of the ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, community joined what organizers called the "March of the Million."

The demonstration