Draft

How I was nearly drafted into Ukraine's war: 'Post' reporter's account of Ukraine’s manpower crisis

The problem of draft dodging has become part of a broader crisis of manpower, according to locals, as Ukrainian soldiers have been worn down by a long and bloody war.

 Ukrainian military soldiers rest at a position on a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, Ukraine July 5, 2025
 Shas faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.

Who's pulling the strings? Haredi parties draft bill tactics ahead of Iran war - analysis

Yair Lapid and Gadi Eisenkot embrace at draft law protests in Jerusalem on January 15, 2026.

Lapid, Eisenkot, and Bennett back reservists at Jerusalem draft law protest

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

Haredi protesters attack bus driver during protest in northern Jerusalem


How will IDF deal with Israeli high school grads' refusal to serve? - analysis

The event had been technically canceled in an internal battle between the high school's principal and its Parents' Association.

Young Israelis arrive to the Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2020.

Knesset's summer recess overshadowed by Conscription Law debate - analysis

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.

 Haredim protest in Jerusalem against the conscription of ultra-Orthodox youth into the army.

Coalition divided on IDF conscription, rejects blanket yeshiva exemptions

Netanyahu has reportedly asked the haredi parties to soften their requests for a draft bill.

 United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf and Otzma Yehudit chair Itamar Ben-Gvir with MKs from the likely coalition, November 21, 2022.

Nasrallah: Haredi draft law will be 'major blow' to IDF

Nasrallah warned Israel "you too will go back to the stone age if you go to war with Lebanon."

 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Hassan Nasrallah addresses his supporters via video, marking Martyrs’ Day in Beirut’s southern suburbs, in November. Nasrallah is a great student of Israeli society and current events.

Gallant to new recruits: I will not let any harm be done to IDF

"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.

 Defense Minister Yoav Gallant seen at the IDF induction center in Tel Aviv on August 13, 2023

New IDF recruits start service in shadow of judicial reform debate

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.

Young Israelis arrive to the Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2020.

High Court rejects petition to draft haredim

As the haredi draft law expires, controversy over military conscription intensifies, with arguments of discrimination and a cabinet plan for a new draft bill.

 A SOLDIER and haredi man pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Draft haredi men immediately, Brothers in Arms, parents demand in letter to defense minister

Movement for Quality of Government appeals to Supreme Court against gov't decision not to enforce haredi conscription.

 MEMBERS OF the Brothers in Arms reservist movement meet with the media in Tel Aviv, in March.

IDF induction stats show situation less dire than presented - analysis

Yes, the overall percentage of those inducted into the army is declining, but it still remains high throughout Israel.

 Archival image of IDF Ground Forces troops.

Israel's new haredi draft exemption proposal is an ethical travesty

Controversy looms over lowering the age of military exemption for Israel's yeshiva students.

 Haredi youth enlist in the IDF’s Nachal Haredi unit at ‘Bakum,’ the IDF induction center.