Ultra-Orthodox
Marathon Knesset meetings set to rapidly advance haredi parties’ contentious Torah study bill
The bill seeks to enshrine Torah study in the country’s Basic Law as part of a proposal that critics argue encourages draft evasion and changes the status of yeshiva students who do not serve.
Police officer seen assaulting haredim at draft protest released after questioning
WATCH: Police arrest two suspected of pulling gun, threatening haredi protesters blocking Highway 1
The breaking point: How haredi draft evasion laws are tearing Israel apart - opinion
WATCH: Haredi protesters shout 'kill all Jews,' throw stones at police attempting to restore order
The protests follow the ongoing arrests of draft dodgers and the contentious draft bill.
IDF to step up arresting haredi draft dodgers, requests police's support in operation - report
KAN noted that in the past, Police Commissioner Danny Levy refused to grant the IDF police support of this kind.
Haredi MKs instructed to end cooperation with coalition over contentious ultra-Orthodox draft bill
Progress on the contentious haredi draft legislation has become intertwined with the push for the haredi parties - Shas and United Torah Judaism - to dissolve the Knesset and move up the election.
Anti-draft ultra-Orthodox protesters vandalize police cars in Jerusalem after draft dodger arrested
Officers from the station, as well as members of the police's Special Patrol Unit and Border Police, prevented the protesters from entering and dispersed them "through the usage of force."
The rabbinate as an extra-territorial entity - opinion
The rabbinical courts operate according to their own internal rules, with virtually no external oversight.
Netanyahu's coalition 'massively pressuring' MKs to vote for haredi draft bill, Haskel tells 'Post'
Haskel told The Jerusalem Post that over the weekend, “phone calls were made to almost all coalition members in order to check their positions and pressure them to vote on the conscription law.”
Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion
Ultra-Orthodox parties face mounting political backlash as Israel’s war strains the reserve system and coalition stability.
Are new Knesset proposals pushing Israel toward Hungary-style governance? - opinion
Concerns mount that Israel’s new legislation could reshape democracy in a Hungary-like direction.
Israel’s upcoming election season could become its ugliest yet - opinion
In the end, Israelis will survive this election. But the real question remains unanswered: What kind of society will be here once it is over?
Ultra-Orthodox protesters attempt to invade military police chief's home
Groups of ultra-Orthodox men have upped their protests amid increasing tensions regarding a haredi draft bill in the Knesset.
