Israeli draft

WATCH: Bodycam shows soldier rescued by police from haredi protest amid threats, attacks

The soldier was rescued after getting off a blocked bus in Jerusalem, where he was surrounded by an agitated crowd of protesters.

HAREDI MEN protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an IDF draft order, in May 2026.
IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise on May 15, 2026.

The controversy over mixed-gender IDF units still ruffles Israeli society - opinion

Maj.-Gen. Dado Bar Khalifa, head of the IDF’s Human Resources Department, addresses ultra-Orthodox recruits as they enlist in the military.

IDF draft moving forward amid Operation Roaring Lion, includes over 500 new immigrants

Young Israelis arrive to the Israeli army recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2020.

IDF overhauls pre-draft medical screening checks during military conscription process with AI


Radical haredi faction promises to ‘ignite the streets' in protest at amendment to enlistment law

Rabbinic leader of Jerusalem Faction says amendment would 'restrict and limit the fulfillment of the Torah, God forbid, through targets and similar things and with various blandishments."

Haredi soldier

IDF cuts male soldiers service from 36 to 32 months

Cut makes up gap in manpower to change face of the army.

An IDF soldier takes part in drills on the Golan Heights

To promote integration, IDF shuts down Druse battalion

IDF source: "Our wish is to fulfill the wants of Druse youths, who clearly want to integrate into the wider IDF, and not be in their own battalion,"

Herev Battalion

Bill barring draft-dodgers from getting scholarships heads to final vote

Any university student who did not serve in the IDF or national service and did not receive an exemption from service will have to pay full tuition.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN walk past soldiers at the Kotel in Jerusalem