For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military. The community is furious, with...
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Maroc - WN.COM - Mideast - 29/Nov 12:18
A new draft law on conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jews, whose support is crucial for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, has sparked uproar in Israel, with the opposition denouncing it as a special privilege for "draft-dodgers". Under a ruling established at the time of Israel's creation in 1948, men who devote themselves full-time to studying sacred Jewish texts are given a de facto pass from mandatory military service. But this exemption has come under mounting scrutiny from the rest of Israeli society -- particularly when tens of thousands of conscripts and reservists are mobilized on several fronts, despite the fragile truce halting the war in Gaza. The ultra-Orthodox make up 14...
For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military. The community is furious, with...
For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military. The community is furious, with...
For the first time in decades, ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel are being called to serve in the country’s military. The community is furious, with...
The Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee resumed discussions on a new military conscription bill on Monday, amid growing...
The Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee resumed discussions on a new military conscription bill on Monday, amid growing...
Israeli society is split over the issue of compulsory military service for...
Israeli society is split over the issue of compulsory military service for...
Without the United Arab List's support, it is unclear whether the coalition will be able to secure a majority to pass the ultra-Orthodox draft...
Without the United Arab List's support, it is unclear whether the coalition will be able to secure a majority to pass the ultra-Orthodox draft...
A far-right minister said he would vote against a highly controversial bill exempting ultra-Orthodox men from military conscription, even if the prime...