haredim

Haredi organizations press on efforts to prevent IDF recruitment

One of the associated hotlines actively works to intervene in cases of arrested draft dodgers.

Haredim verbally assault IDF Maj.-Gen. in Bnei Brak restaurant

Dozens of young men could be heard shouting insults at him, calling "murderer," and "shame on you."

338 haredim join IDF's special new tracks, compared to 10,000 summoned

Of the 338 new haredi draftees, 211 are in combat units, while 127 are in units to support combat units.

MKs Gadi Eisenkot (L) and Benny Gantz (R) seen in the Knesset plenum, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

Gantz, Lapid push back against haredi draft exemption bill in the Knesset

Opposition MKs called the proposed haredi draft exemption bill harmful to IDF soldiers and warned of an intense parliamentary and public struggle to block its swift passage.

  Likud MK Yuli Edelstein attends a plenum session at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, December 4, 2024

No backroom deals on IDF haredi draft bill, Likud MK Edelstein vows

“There are all kinds of talk about agreements behind the committee’s back. There is no such thing as behind the back of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,” Edelstein said.

Five Israelis from Safed killed in fatal car accident in Morocco

The five killed were residents of Safed, and were all Breslov Hasidim, two of whom had families, according to Israeli media.

Netanyahu, IDF at odds over how many haredim it can absorb

While Netanyahu says IDF needs to build new programs, military said last week its tailored tracks for haredim were ready to go.

High Court suggests compromise extending haredi daycare for three months

The compromise would enable subsidies to continue for three months after the start of the school year, expecting them to expire at the end of November.

The cover of a Haredi newspaper against the draft of Haredim into the IDF.

Haredi leaders urge draft defiance on front page of 'Yated Ne'eman' newspaper

Rabbi Dov Landau proclaimed: “We know full well that no yeshiva student or kollel scholar will join the army—under any circumstances and in any form whatsoever.”

  A haredi man and an IDF soldier pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, November 14, 2024

IDF issues a thousand draft notices for haredi recruits, 6,000 more planned

One thousand haredi IDF draft orders were sent out on Sunday, and 6,000 more are planned for the coming two months. However, the IDF is weak on arrests, leaving the real fight to the government.

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