Haredi draft

Haredi party leaders warned that if the bill includes economic sanctions and recruitment quotas, they will leave the government.

Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz ranked in the middle of the pack, with 34%, still polling higher than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who only received 28% of public approval.

Following the demonstration and arson at the Prime Minister's Residence in Caesarea, protest leader clarifies: 'No intent to approach or break-in.'

Why should some able-bodied young men and women be asked to risk their lives for the collective while other equally able-bodied members of that collective are not asked to do the same?

With the immediate and long-term requirement for battle-trained soldiers going up, the haredi leadership is doubling down on its rhetoric.

Benny Gantz and some Likud members have expressed strong opposition to the proposed plan.

The closest way to a compromise would be some variation on the Benny Gantz proposal of all Haredim having to do national service, with a more symbolic number serving in the IDF.

The draft, should it pass, would extend the exemption from IDF conscription for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews.

Gantz sends message to Netanyahu: "People will not tolerate it; I cannot be part of this emergency government if this law passes."

Netanyahu has been rumored to be ready to extend the Haredi exemption from IDF and national service in practice while trying to make some symbolic gesture toward greater service.