Haredi draft

Likud MK: Government should consider dropping haredi IDF exemption attempts

The former principal warned that failure to lessen the burden will lead to the IDF's reservist system collapse.

 Haredi men in the workplace; illustrative.

Tradition and transition: How the Haredi world is quietly evolving

From the ground up, quietly and courageously, individuals and families are making choices that do not reject tradition but embody it differently.

By JACOB SCHIMMEL
27/03/2025

Haredi anti-draft protesters throw stones, damage buses, call police 'nazis'

Police said that the protest erupted into violence, as the demonstrators blocked Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi street.

Israel opened 'gates of hell' on hostages with war return, former Mossad chief says

"The gates of hell might have opened on the Gazans, but for sure they have opened on the 59 hostages, and there is no savior."

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf

A gov't of desecration: Goldknopf’s dance shows Israelis who is really to blame

How in the world can self-identifying Zionist Knesset members in the coalition participate in this injustice?

By MATAN KAHANA
24/03/2025

Knesset set for final 2025 budget voting overnight

The Knesset will debate the state budget overnight as haredi draft demands add tension; final votes are set for Tuesday after months of political maneuvering.

  Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch, pictured in 2014.

Netanyahu’s English saves his coalition? Rabbis drop draft ultimatum in private call

By Sunday evening, an understanding was reached: the ultra-Orthodox factions would not issue an ultimatum over the draft law at this time.

23/03/2025

Sanctions against haredi draft dodgers must be enforced, attorney general warns

"According to the data presented by the military, in the absence of effective enforcement measures, the enlistment rate among this group is negligible,” Limon wrote

Taking from Israel and refusing to serve: Why haredim draft refusal is hard to swallow

Few things are more provocative for non-haredim than haredi rabbis and students gleefully rejecting the government and refusing to defend the state – all while taking its money.

 THE ISSUE of haredi conscription into the IDF has once again been brought into the spotlight this w

Dancing on the brink: Haredi draft dodging video triggers national backlash

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Viral videos of haredi anti-draft chants have reignited Israel’s conscription debate, sparking public outrage and political backlash.

14/03/2025
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