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Despite earlier agreements, Hasidic communities change their mind on draft

The leaders of Vishnitz and Gur sects direct their students to stay away from recruitment centers: 'They rose up against us with a terrible conscription decree, trying to recruit Torah scholars whose Torah protects this land'

Shilo Freid | 08.22.24

פעילות צוות הקרב של חטיבת 'אלכסנדרוני' (3) ברצועת עזה

IDF to call on discharged reservists to serve amid manpower shortage

Military and Defense Ministry agree to recall up to 15,000 reservists exempt from service to reenlist; ultra-Orthodox recruitment still too weak to close gaps

Yoav Zitun | 08.20.24

עשרות חרדים קיצוניים מפגינים נגד כנס חשיפה למתגייסים חרדים בבית החייל בתל אביב

'Nazis', 'You corrupt us all': Ultra-Orthodox protesters clash with police outside IDF recruitment fair

Hundreds of Haredim block the entrance to an army job fair for yeshiva students, shouting: 'The soldiers in Gaza are not protecting us, the Torah protects us', 'You are Auschwitz'

Shilo Freid | 07.30.24

Former chief rabbi calls on ultra-Orthodox to tear up draft notices

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef tells Haredi men they should not enlist even if they dropped out of yeshiva, says heads of the Torah institutions will accompany them to prison

Shilo Freid | 07.16.24

IDF to send draft notices to Haredim on Sunday

IDF says can no longer rely on ultra-Orthodox volunteers and will send draft notices to thousands of Haredim who are eligible for service and are not currently studying Torah; Haredi movements plan to protest against conscription on major highway

Yossi Yehoshua | 07.16.24

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis step up fight against draft

One rabbi calls Gallant a fool for considering draft notices for Haredi men while another says the Supreme Court declares war on ultra-Orthodox and the Torah; Lapid says the government is hypocritical and must condemn the rabbis despite the risk to the coalition

Ynet | 07.11.24

Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef slams Supreme Court as his tenure ends

Shortly before finishing nearly 11 years as Chief Rabbi, Yosef summarizes his term and says of controversial ultra-Orthodox draft bill: 'Who criticized me? Secular judges who don't know a single page of Talmud'

Shilo Freid | 06.30.24

The ultra-Orthodox will not compromise on draft bill at the cost of leaving the coalition

Analysis: Knesset members and Haredi ministers do not decide anything on the issue of drafting the ultra-Orthodox; Those who decide whether the ultra-Orthodox will leave the coalition are the Haredi leaders who decide according to 'daat Torah'

Yanki Farber | 06.25.24

Supreme Court rules government, IDF must draft Haredi men

The unanimous ruling says there can be no differentiation between yeshiva students and other Israelis and state funding of them must stop

Moran Azulay, Gilad Morag, Shilo Freid | 06.25.24

Haredi men at an IDF recuruitment center, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Defense minister will vote against Haredi draft bill as tensions roil government

Opposition stands united in opposing current bill which would draft only 3,000 Haredi men to the IDF, Netanyahu's coalition is fragmented and the bill could fail when it comes to a vote Monday; Unclear what the consequences will be for Yoav Gallant

Moran Azulay | 06.10.24

Focus on integrating the ultra-Orthodox into Israel's future economy

Opinion: The equation of sharing the burden is no longer valid, and the economic imbalance will only worsen in the coming years; We must begin to address it now before it's too late.

Dr. Amit Serusi | 04.02.24

בנימין נתניהו, ישיבה תלמידי ישיבות חרדים אברכים

Court stops funding to Haredis not serving in IDF

Prime minister consults with ultra-Orthodox coalition partners after ruling to prevent coalition crisis if they chose to resign; Shas leader says he can understand those who refuse to serve in the military of a country that fights against the Yeshiva world

Tova Zimuky | 03.28.24

שר הביטחון יואב גלנט יוצא לנסיעה לארה"ב, שם ייפגש עם מזכיר המדינה אנתוני בלינקן

Gallant says does not back Netanyahu bill for Haredi military service

Defense minister comes out against planned cabinet vote scheduled on the day he is to travel to US while Netanyahu insists on bringing proposed legislation, likely in hopes of avoiding coalition crisis

Moran , Ynetnews | 03.24.24

Nasrallah rejoices at ultra-Orthodox threat about leaving country over military draft

In his Ramadan speech, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah addressed Israel's draft bill crisis; Nasrallah was thrilled with Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's threat: 'This is a huge thing, let them pack their bags and leave'

Lior Ben Ari | 03.14.24

Netanyahu says not possible to get 'complete agreement' on Haredi conscription

The prime minister tries to put out fires during news conference; He calls elections during wartime 'the dream of Hamas, Nasrallah and Iran'; On hostage deal: 'We are running into a brick wall of delusional, unrealistic Hamas demands'

Yuval Karni | 02.29.24