Ultra-Orthodox draft
Haredi demonstrator dragged by vehicle as mass anti-draft protests erupt across central Israel
Thousands of protesters bring traffic to a halt across Jerusalem, on Highway 4 • Demonstrators disrupt Shas election campaign conference in Modi'in Illit, block Jerusalem car carrying haredi soldier
Israel Police criticize Military Police over handling of Modi'in draft dodger arrest after riot
IDF expected to resume draft evader operations as High Court deadline approaches
Bennett vows to pass 'Deri Law' barring draft evaders from Israel's security cabinet in next gov't
Haredi protest erupts in Modi'in after Military Police move to arrest draft dodger
Footage of the scene shared by Israeli media showed numerous haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men protesting and clashing with police officers.
'Rather die than be drafted': Thousands take to Jerusalem's streets in haredi anti-draft march
The march is taking place in the Kikar HaShabbat area, the along Shmuel HaNavi and Bar Ilan streets in the capital city.
25,000 seminary girls recruited to fund haredi yeshivas amid draft crisis - report
KAN reported that 25,000 seminary girls participated in the phone-calling campaign and raised over NIS 11 million. Each girl was given a personal fundraising goal of NIS 8,400.
Netanyahu seeks to raise IDF budget, Lapid conditions support on canceling ‘corrupt’ haredi funds
Lapid noted that, in general, he supported transferring the funds to increase the defense establishment’s budget “because the IDF needs to be strengthened.”
Dozens of draft dodgers arrested at border crossings ahead of Rosh Hashanah Uman pilgrimage
The IDF confirmed that dozens of draft dodgers were arrested at border crossings over the past two days but did not provide an exact number or details about the detainees.
Ofer Winter rejects Goldknopf's demand for universal yeshiva student IDF draft exemption
Winter also called for Goldknopf to stop "deceiving the public," saying that "this system harms first and foremost the true Torah students."
High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion
Justice Ofer Grosskopf froze the law on July 15, one day after it passed, and the full nine-justice panel maintained that freeze following a hearing later that month.
IDF reworking food procedures for military bases in effort to allow stricter kashrut standards
The change comes amid ongoing controversy over haredi (ultra-Orthodox) enlistment in the military and the term of service for religious soldiers.
Shas leader Arye Deri claims IDF prefers secular army, haredi soldiers are 'a big headache'
Naftali Bennett responded to Deri's comments, saying the Shas chairman is "harming IDF soldiers," adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "spreading blood libels about IDF commanders."
Degel HaTorah leader Rabbi Lando says haredim only need to rely on God, not any prime minister
"We are not dependent on this person or that person, or on one prime minister or another, but only on the Creator of the world," he declared.
