Ultra-Orthodox draft

Haredi draft crisis: Israel's High Court must now defend its own authority - opinion

It may be that under the present circumstances, the court has no alternative but to act in this way.

|ByAMICHAI COHEN
Ultra-Orthodox protests erupt across Israel on haredi IDF enlistment day
Shas faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on December 8, 2025.

Who's pulling the strings? Haredi parties draft bill tactics ahead of Iran war - analysis

As the coming weeks unfold, shifting dynamics to advance the draft bill will likely reveal who is really pulling the strings.

|ByKESHET NEEV
MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026.

IDF draft equality is minimum condition to restore Israeli solidarity - editorial

The Israel-Hamas War did not only take bodies; it took spirit. It took marriages, jobs, sleep, and the sense that someone competent is steering.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee leads a committee meeting in the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025.

Attorney-General to High Court: Gov’t violating draft ruling, risking rule of law

Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara warns the Israeli government of violating a High Court ruling on military conscription, stressing the risk to Israel's democracy and security.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

IDF cancels ultra-Orthodox Hashmonaim Brigade event for parents in Bnei Brak after haredi riot

The event was interrupted by a group of several dozen haredi extremists associated with the Jerusalem faction, who tried to break into the compound where the event was being held.

JANUARY 12, 2026ByHODIA RAN
HAREDIM SCUFFLE with police outside Jerusalem’s IDF Recruitment Center, Nov. 12.

Bus driver rams into ultra-Orthodox protesters in Jerusalem, 14-year-old killed

Thousands of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters gathered in Israel's capital on Tuesday evening • Driver arrested after killing one, injuring three others • Shas: "Haredi blood is not cheap."

JANUARY 6, 2026ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM, TOBIAS HOLCMAN
Security and rescue forces are seen at the scene where a teenager was killed and three others were injured after being hit by a bus in Jerusalem, January 6, 2026

Between ultra-Orthodox draft and Knesset coalition, Israel's democracy is too complicated - opinion

The composition of our fragile coalition in the Knesset, mirrored in the cabinet, makes governing our already volatile population factions extremely difficult.

DECEMBER 27, 2025ByWALTER BINGHAM
Protests against haredi draft begins in Jerusalem, October 30, 2025.