Ultra-Orthodox draft
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
Ofer Winter rejects Goldknopf's demand for universal yeshiva student IDF draft exemption
High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion
Beyond the haredi draft: What’s really at stake for Israel’s future - opinion
It would be a national mistake if many make one of the most consequential political decisions of their lives based primarily on anger over a single issue, without considering the much broader impact.
High Court appears poised to strike down law freezing haredi draft enforcement
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Friday asked the court to strike down the law, arguing that it retains the duty to enlist while removing the consequences for refusal.
Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Farber, founder of Ma'alot Tzur haredi enlistment program, dies at 32
Farber was the founder and CEO of Ma'alot Tzur, a program that integrated Haredim into the IDF.
Government tells High Court draft arrests risk civil war, says case outcome 'known in advance'
“Israel needs haredi recruits, not haredi detainees,” the government said, arguing that arrests of yeshiva students could reverse a gradual increase in enlistment and risk civil war.
'Abandoning values': Yoaz Hendel accuses Religious Zionist Party of encouraging mass draft evasion
The former minister rejected reliance on Arab and haredi parties, called for a broad Zionist government, and said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should leave office.
A-G asks High Court to strike down 'discriminatory' haredi draft enforcement freeze
The law passed the Knesset on July 14. Justice Ofer Grosskopf froze it the following day and ordered the state and Knesset to explain why it should not be struck down.
Over 70 mayors, council leaders file petition against haredi draft exemption law
"Studying Torah is an important value in the Jewish people, but no less important than that is the value of preserving and defending the land," the petition explained.
Haredi leaders, Yahya Sinwar: Different ideologies, the same refusal to face reality - opinion
In Keinon’s reading, Gaza’s devastation was not an unforeseen consequence. It was a price Sinwar was prepared to pay in the hope of igniting a regional war that would ultimately destroy Israel.
The 'most right-wing government' just outed itself as leftist - opinion
This is not a technical legal debate over exemptions. It is a fundamental strategic choice about the future security of the State of Israel.
Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace – and Eisenkot's effort to distance himself from it – reflects Israel's shifting political landscape.
