Something has changed in haredi society since October 7.
Yeshiva students are required to declare "Torah study is his occupation" at draft offices in order to receive a service deferral.
More than 7 in 10 Israelis want Shabbat transportation while nearly 8 in 10 support an IDF draft for yeshiva students, according to the recent Hiddush annual religion and state index for 2023.
The event had been technically canceled in an internal battle between the high school's principal and its Parents' Association.
Benny Gantz's outreach to the haredi sector is valuable as the ultra-Orthodox parties have threatened to take down the government if the new draft bill is not passed immediately.
Netanyahu has reportedly asked the haredi parties to soften their requests for a draft bill.
Nasrallah warned Israel "you too will go back to the stone age if you go to war with Lebanon."
"Together with the chief of staff, I am working every day to find the way to unite everyone," the defense minister told new recruits at Tel Hashomer.
Maj.-Gen. Yaniv Asur: We have much more in common and which connects and unites us, along with love and kinship, than there is which separates and divides us.
As the haredi draft law expires, controversy over military conscription intensifies, with arguments of discrimination and a cabinet plan for a new draft bill.
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