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.

|ByKESHET NEEV
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

According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
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 demographic potential of Muslim Arab men aged 18 stands at over 12,500 young men per year – a figure equivalent to the enlistment potential of haredi men.

|ByNIMROD KOREN
‘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

The Talmud itself debates the balance between military defense and spiritual commitment. But what we are seeing today is not a debate; it is an attempt to erase the Torah’s role in Israel’s future. 

|ByDOVID HOFSTEDTER

Netanyahu hints at early elections in first half of 2019

“I want to continue with this coalition until almost the end of the term,” he said. “This is a terrific coalition.”

JULY 9, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN, JEREMY SHARON
Yair Netanyahu observes his father Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casting a ballot in the 2015 elections.

Enlistment law goes to vote Monday

Zionist Union to turn vote into no-confidence motion

JULY 1, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON
Soldiers from the Nahal Haredi unit, the ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces