Enlistment law

Ultra-Orthodox protests erupt across Israel on haredi IDF enlistment day

Disturbances occurred when protesters attempted to block vehicles by lying on the roadway in Kiryat Ono, Israel Police said.

Ultra-Orthodox protests erupt across Israel on haredi IDF enlistment day
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man is seen during protests in Jerusalem as a banner reads 'All [Israeli] people are IDF,' October 30, 2025

Haredi population grows rapidly while male employment and army service stall, IDI report finds

HAREDIM BLOCK a road to protest the arrest of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, near Bnei Brak, on Monday.

IDF should conscript Arabs to serve instead of haredi draft dodgers - opinion

 ‘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.’

Nation of soldiers or Jewish nation? Why Israel must not erase its soul - opinion


Lapid: All citizens with the same rights should have the same obligations

"You are not above the law." MK Yair Lapid speaks at a rally protesting Supreme Court override bill

Bennett’s haredi enlistment plan panned as ‘law for draft evasion’

MK Elazar Stern: Why would the ultra-Orthodox volunteer for the IDF at 21 when they could go and study or go to work?

Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the 57th Israel Prize ceremony on Israel's 71st Independence Day, 2019.

Place haredi civilian recruits in state security agencies, says NGO

A report by the Israel Democracy Institute has highlighted severe failings in the Civilian Service program which haredi men can join in lieu of army service.

Haredi soldier

UTJ Gafni threatens elections if enlistment law not moderated

“I’m fed up with listening to Liberman’s threats. I’m not worried if there won’t be a coalition, we’ll go to elections again,” the UTJ MK warned.

Haredim protest enlistment 370

Gov't requests third extension from High Court for haredi enlistment law

The High Court struck down the previous arrangement allowing for blanket military service exemptions for haredi men in September 2017 as discriminatory against the non-haredi Jewish population.

Haredi anti draft protest NYC

Lapid shuns draft bill, possibly forcing elections

Coalition heads meeting to take place at 1 p.m.

FM Liberman, PM Netanyahu, and Finance Min. Lapid 370 150

Netanyahu, Liberman warn Hamas of ‘fearsome blows’ should clashes resume

Security cabinet meets on Sunday evening, but does not release any communique on the content of these threats.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu whispering in a cabinet meeting on July 23, 2018

Netanyahu asks leading rabbis to back haredi IDF draft law

Agudat Yisrael Party’s Council of Torah Sages will hold a fateful meeting Sunday night that could decide whether Israel will go to early elections.

Energy Minsiter Yuval Steinitz, Transportation Minister Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a Cabinet meeting

Netanyahu pushing Litzman to approve enlistment bill

The decision could be the deciding factor on whether Israel will go to early elections or not.

Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, June 3, 2018

Brace yourselves: The next Israeli election is on the way

Tuesday night’s Supreme Court ruling requiring the Knesset to pass a new law to draft yeshiva students made it very likely that Israel's next election will take place in early 2019.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot for the parliamentary election as his son Yair stands behind him at a polling station in Jerusalem March 17, 2015.