Shouting 'We will die and not be drafted,' demonstrators from extremist ultra-Orthodox sect bar vehicles from accessing capital's main entrance, intersection near bus station

In an apparent stunt, Gantz lets the order enabling ultra-Orthodox to avoid army service lapse, but expert says status quo likely to continue, because Knesset dissolved in December

Defense minister, who has been feuding with ultra-Orthodox parties, says he won't extend military exemption which ends next Monday

Pnima movement, which once included Gantz and Ashkenazi, releases proposal to require all Israeli citizens to perform some form of national service for a more cohesive society