Ultra-Orthodox draft
'We do whatever they say': Yeshiva students defer to rabbis over response to IDF draft enforcement
When a group of young men was asked whether some yeshiva students wanted to enlist but refrained because their rabbis forbade it, several agreed, with one answering, “of course.”
'We will get them': Haredi Public Party leader vows to help fill IDF manpower shortage
Israel's attorney-general urges High Court to cut benefits for 110,000 draft evaders
IDF detains 42 Chabad Hassidic draft evaders arriving from New York at Ben-Gurion Airport
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads demanding end to IDF recruitment
Some protesters were seen holding signs asking US President Donald Trump to "save" the haredis from being recruited.
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has a duty to warn the government about draft evasion - editorial
Active-duty generals, as a rule, should stay out of politics, but every rule has its exception.
Sharren Haskel resigns as Israel's deputy FM over bill halting arrests of haredi draft dodgers
Haskel, a member of the New Hope party, heavily opposed the bills aiming to stop the arrest of draft dodgers and to allow haredim to not be drafted into the IDF.
Knesset votes to freeze arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders amid IDF manpower crisis
Bill passes 58-54 despite legal warnings, IDF opposition • Netanyahu heckled by opposition lawmakers shouting 'disgrace' before leaving plenum ahead of the vote
Almost half of Israelis support tougher sanctions, pressure to promote haredi conscription - poll
Approximately 31% support conscription only in agreement with Haredi leadership, and 11% believe that efforts to draft Haredi men are futile and should stop.
Voting rights and PACs: Solutions for the haredi draft evasion problem - opinion
Our soldiers are exhausted. Over half of our reserve soldiers have logged hundreds of days of military duty. We can’t continue to ask them to shoulder the burden alone.
Haredi leadership and Netanyahu are facing the same dilemma - opinion
Haredi leadership is throwing everything at the wall: a Basic Law, road-blocking protests organized by the party, voting boycotts in the Knesset – anything to convince their base they can deliver
Laundering human capital: The reckless amnesty bills and their debasement of the Torah - opinion
Under the guise of concern for the world of Torah, two bills are on the table: the Basic Law: Torah Study on the one side, and the Law of Exemption from Arrests on the other.
Haredi protesters, IDF soldiers clash outside of Military Prison 10 amid draft dodging controversy
The protesters were acting violently, according to the military, and they entered a restricted military area before being forcibly removed.
It’s about time that Torah study counted for something - opinion
That same Torah which gives us our claim to the land also commands us to study it day and night – and our tradition holds that this study is itself a form of national defense.
