The High Court of Justice on Thursday night issued a blockbuster decision endorsing a universal draft, including the Haredi sector starting April 1 as a matter of principle, while in practice deferring any enforcement until August 9.
The decision largely accepted the Attorney-General's Office's recommendation on these issues, invoking a legal universal draft immediately but providing months of transition time for the institutions to adjust to the new reality.
The decision does not mention that the next few months will also give the government an extension to pass a new law bypassing the current decision.
Further, unsaid is that if the country goes to elections before August 9, the whole process could be frozen.
Technically, the decision was an interim order, so the court also ordered a hearing before an expanded panel of nine justices to be scheduled sometime in May to resolve a variety of issues raised by its decision, which could lead to the decision being final.
This is a developing story.
