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‘Turf him out tomorrow’: Steve Bannon calls to deport Yair Netanyahu to front lines of Iran war

Along with Yair Netanyahu and Barron Trump, the call for the children of world leaders and powerful figures to enlist is not new.

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, February 17, 2026

Ex-PM Bennett slams Likud MKs for not opposing haredi draft bill, breaking coalition discipline

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

IDF overhauls pre-draft medical screening checks during military conscription process with AI

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, central Israel, February 15, 2026.

Bnei Brak clashes reflect long-building tensions within haredi society, researcher says - interview


Shas spiritual leaders encourage haredim to refuse draft orders

The message stated Shas rabbis “have firmly instructed that as of now, with no new law yet established to regulate the status of yeshiva students, no draft orders or summons should be responded to."

The July 18 issue of the Shas newspaper Haderech.

IDF unsure how many haredi draft orders it intends to send on Sunday

The IDF's draft plans for haredi citizens remain uncertain. Despite political tensions and a lack of clear criteria, the IDF targets 3,000 recruits annually.

 MKs debate haredi draft bill in Knesset, 18 June 2024

Ultra-Orthodox extremists hurl bottles at IDF senior commanders in Bnei Brak, call them 'murderers'

Two IDF officials were attacked in Bnei Brak after a meeting about an ultra-Orthodox IDF division. Extremists surrounded their car, shouting slurs.

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews block a road during a protest outside the city of Bnei Brak, March 3, 2024

Israel's cabinet extends mandatory IDF service amid haredi draft controversy, sparking criticism

Israel's cabinet voted to extend mandatory IDF service to 36 months, sparking controversy over unequal conscription, particularly with yeshiva students' exemptions.

 ‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’

Haredi leaders considering forbidding yeshiva students from cooperating with IDF

In the meetings, the leaders agreed that if conscription orders are sent to a large number of Ultra-orthodox students - they would immediately issue such an order until the status.

 HAREDI JEWS walk in the streets of the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

IDF, Yoav Gallant to issue ultra-Orthodox draft order in next month

The Israeli military has said it could immediately integrate around 3,000 Haredim in addition to the 1,800 it already has.

 (L-R): IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, seen near the IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem in an illustrative.

Poll of ultra-Orthodox shows how the IDF could implement the haredi draft

According to data, there is a gap between the principled attitude against the conscription of yeshiva students and the question of what would happen if there were more frameworks adapted for haredim.

IDF recruitment office sign

'There are those better than Zionists': Rabbis seek donations for yeshivas post-High Court ruling

Following the High Court's decision, the rabbis, many affiliated with the current governing coalition, seek to raise $116 million to fund yeshiva students who do not enlist in the IDF.

 Rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox sector embarked on a fundraising campaign in the US for the benefit of yeshivas following High Court ruling, June 23, 2024.

Netanyahu's government is falling apart and coming to an end - opinion

Likud’s renegades now effectively say what the protesters in the streets say: Israel needs a new beginning. And thanks to them, Israel will get its new beginning – a fresh start the Jewish state

 LIKUD MKs Tally Gotliv and Moshe Saada at the Knesset Constitution Committee on June 18 revealed cracks in the coalition.

Ahead of the conscription law vote, funeral wreathes were laid at homes of coalition members

The forum stated, "The IDF lacks 7,000 soldiers, and supporting the law endangers the lives of the citizens of the State of Israel."

Funeral wreathes were laid at the homes of MKs. June 10, 2024.