Haredi draft
Knesset debates freezing haredi draft evader arrests despite serious national security concerns
The vote on the legislation comes following severe legal warnings that the bill is unbalanced, along with outcry from bereaved families and IDF veterans, amid the IDF’s severe manpower shortage.
'Know your place': Gotliv calls for IDF chief Zamir's dismissal after his criticism of draft law
IDF chief Zamir clashes with Netanyahu, Katz over bill exempting haredi draft dodgers from arrests
Almost half of Israelis support tougher sanctions, pressure to promote haredi conscription - poll
The rabbis attacking Israel’s courts are attacking Religious Zionism - opinion
The very ethos of Religious Zionism is integration: to bridge the sacred and the worldly, and to play an integral role in building the State of Israel.
Haredi parties to advance bill granting draft evaders equal rights to IDF soldiers
Shas party leader Arye Deri demanded that the legislation be rapidly advanced, and it is expected to be brought to the Knesset’s plenum for its preliminary reading this week.
Deri says Shas supports draft evaders during prison visit, calls to add Torah study to Basic Law
The visit was made to the Neve Tzedek Military Prison, and Deri was accompanied by other lawmakers from his party, including MK Michael Malkieli and Haim Biton.
'This was not a demonstration, it was a pogrom,' says Council leader, Sohlberg's friend Moskowitz
Tomer Moskowitz, a friend of Sohlberg, told 103FM that "anyone could feel their life in danger in a situation like this," and that it could have ended completely differently.
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem's Tunnel Checkpoint after draft dodger arrested
Border Police officers from the Jerusalem periphery unit and Jerusalem District police officers are operating at the scene.
Israel must stop tolerating anti-draft anarchy - opinion
The young men and women who put their lives on the line for all of us, including the yeshiva students, display more courage by realizing that a nation that will not defend itself is not worth saving.
Criticizing haredim is not antisemitism, and calling it that is dangerous - opinion
As the most visibly Jewish community in Israel, haredim face a reality mirrored on the streets of Brooklyn and London: those who look the “most Jewish” are often the most targeted.
Haredi military aid org warns Netanyahu draft dodger arrests threaten ultra-Orthodox enlistment
CEO Yossi Levi said that efforts to draft haredim should focus on those not enrolled in a yeshiva, rather than on arresting those who have committed to studying Torah full-time.
Riots at Sohlberg’s home not surprising, nor isolated - editorial
The moment every sector claims the right to determine which laws are binding and which are optional, citizenship becomes tribal membership, and the state becomes a collection of competing exceptions.
Over 60 arrested following violent haredi protest at Supreme Court judge’s residence
Taieb clarified that the police are not treating this as a normal protest. According to him, this was a serious criminal event with real intent to harm.