Israeli draft
IDF detains 42 Chabad Hassidic draft evaders arriving from New York at Ben-Gurion Airport
Of the 42, 40 expressed willingness to enlist and were found fit for military service, while 2 were found to have dodged the draft for an extended period and were sent directly to a military prison.
National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds
Israeli youth eager for combat, majority see IDF as victorious - poll
'Abandoning values': Yoaz Hendel accuses Religious Zionist Party of encouraging mass draft evasion
Bismuth's haredi draft bill advances in heated Knesset panel, lawmakers call it 'not nearly enough'
The continued discussions on the bill come after the chairperson of the committee, MK Boaz Bismuth (Likud), laid out his updated version of the legislation to the panel on Monday.
'A movement takes time': How one rabbi is slowly changing the haredi draft debate
Behind protests and politics, a quiet revolution is reshaping ultra-Orthodox attitudes toward military service.
Haredi conscription debate heats up with protest and bill outline reveal
'It's not a conscription law, it’s a full-blown law for draft evasion. If this draft is advanced, not a single haredi will enlist,' said Lapid
Equal burden on trial: What's at stake at the High Court's crucial haredi draft hearing - explainer
As war staggers on, the army faces a critical shortage, justices will weigh whether the State’s refusal to arrest draft evaders undermines both law and, principle of shared service.
Haredi protesters block Jerusalem highway in protest against draft-dodger arrest orders
The police explained that rioters began to disrupt the order by blocking the traffic lanes near the String Bridge at the city's entrance.
Tensions with ultra-Orthodox are second most divisive conflict in Israeli society, poll finds
The poll also shows how 83% of Israeli Jews support ensuring freedom of religion, namely, the freedom for both secular and religious citizens to live according to their own worldview.
Ultra-Orthodox MK Goldknopf asks Netanyahu to finance Chabad's trip to New York
This comes after the Breslov hassidim received a framework that allows for NIS 10 million to be used in their Rosh Hashanah pilgrimages to Uman, Ukraine.
Highway 4 opens to traffic following Haredi protests over IDF draft arrest
The demonstrations come amid heightened tensions surrounding the state’s policies on military conscription and ongoing failures in the rehabilitation of wounded veterans.
Peleg Yerushalmi to hold protest, raffle for IDF draft dodgers
A flyer distributed ahead of the protest invites eligible participants to bring their draft notices and register at the event in order to enter the raffle.
IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft
All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026.
