The IDF says it has begun “proceedings” against members of the Haredi community who did not show up at induction centers after receiving draft orders. Those who did not show up after receiving multiple orders, “will be considered to be…[Continue Reading...]
The High Court of Justice on Friday gave the state until the end of January to explain what steps it was taking to maximize Haredi enlistment to the Israel Defense Forces and to penalize draft dodgers. The instruction came in…[Continue Reading...]
The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service. By the end of the day, about 100 additional ultra-Orthodox recruits will…[Continue Reading...]
Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb announced…[Continue Reading...]
Several thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked a major intersection in central Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against efforts to force them to enlist in the Israeli military like their secular compatriots. There were simultaneous disturbances in other parts of the city,…[Continue Reading...]
The Israeli army revealed on 21 August that only about 70 ultra-Orthodox Jewish men reported to military induction centers since Tel Aviv issued the first batch of draft orders to the Haredi sector last month in a bid to overcome…[Continue Reading...]
Dozens of extreme ultra-Orthodox rioters broke into the Tel Hashomer army base on Tuesday, protesting against draft orders that have been distributed to the sector. An illegal protest took place near the base, the Israel Defense Forces' main recruitment office,…[Continue Reading...]
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party urged potential conscripts Wednesday to ignore a call-up from the Israel Defense Forces, as political divisions over the controversial issue showed signs of widening. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredi, have traditionally been exempt from military service so…[Continue Reading...]
Thousands of Israelis held a protest in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, protesting against exemption from compulsory military service for ultra-Orthodox communities. Military service is compulsory for Jewish males, but politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties have won exemptions for their communities…[Continue Reading...]
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