Haredim

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.

“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.

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

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

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.

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.”

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.

While demanding that the government function better, shouldn’t the government also reallocate some money funding ultra-Orthodox draft-dodgers to better protect our soldiers?

United Torah Judaism threatens to oppose other coalition bills if daycare bill falls

The government has been trying to circumvent the legal barrier to continue subsidizing daycare for haredi yeshiva students.