Draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel “untenable”
Dan Perry talks about the “conundrum” Netanyahu faces regarding military service exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Source link
Israeli police beat ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters to disperse them | Police
NewsFeedIsraeli police have beaten, dragged and used water cannons on dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews who were trying to prevent members of their community from being…
Who are Israel’s ultra-Orthodox and will conscripting them sow discord? | Israel-Palestine conflict
This week, Israel’s government announced that starting Sunday, it would begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for the first time in the country’s 76-year history. The…
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with Israeli police over military conscription | Protests
NewsFeedIsraeli police have cracked down on thousands of ultra-Orthodox men protesting against compulsory military service which they say goes against Jewish law. Israel’s High Court…
Israel’s Supreme Court orders conscription for ultra-Orthodox men | News
The ruling risks the further destabilisation of Israel’s government, with key religiously conservative parties opposed. Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the military must…
Israel’s Knesset advances contentious ultra-Orthodox conscription law | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Far-right religious parties are backing the bill with a view to inserting changes and limiting conscription. The Israeli Knesset has voted to revive a bill…
Will ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis serve in the military? | Israel War on Gaza
The government is under growing pressure to end a decades-long exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews. For generations, ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis have been exempt from military service.…
Israel High Court orders freeze to ultra-Orthodox school funds; students eligible for draft
Israeli army reserve activists protest against military exemption for the ultra-Orthodox Haredi outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. The High Court on Thursday ordered a…
Ultra-orthodox rabbi says citizens will leave Israel over draft, drawing ire from lawmakers
Yitzhak Yosef, Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, gives a speech during the annual ceremony for Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers (Yom HaZikaron) at the Yad…
Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military? | Israel War on Gaza News
There is renewed push to force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israeli military. Israel has called on its reserves to wage its ground war…
Israeli police break up ultra-Orthodox Jews’ military service protest | Government
NewsFeedIsraeli police moved in to break up a protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews who want their exemption from compulsory military service to be extended.Published On 27…
High-tech and war are integrating some ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s secular society
TEL AVIV — Yakob Shoolman spent years studying the Torah, pouring over ancient scripture like many boys in his ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. He lived a sequestered…