Draft
Ex-PM Bennett slams Likud MKs for not opposing haredi draft bill, breaking coalition discipline
“The reservists are being abandoned because they don’t have a lobby in Likud. The mark of disgrace for abandoning IDF soldiers will be branded on every coalition member,” Bennett said.
IDF overhauls pre-draft medical screening checks during military conscription process with AI
Bnei Brak clashes reflect long-building tensions within haredi society, researcher says - interview
Haredi draft bill could trigger 'collapse' of Israel's Right in elections, aliyah minister warns
Expiration of haredi draft deferments hurtles Israel into brave new world - analysis
As of April 1, some 66,000 haredim from 18-26 can -- at least technically -- be drafted into the army.
Israeli gov't in crisis as Netanyahu, haredi parties fail to reach IDF draft deal
Benny Gantz threatened earlier this week to leave the government if an unsatisfactory conscription bill passes into law.
Israeli rabbi: Torah students cannot serve in IDF, they are protecting soldiers
"We must not, God forbid, take them [the haredi Yeshiva students who do not study Torah all day to the army because they also pray and they also study,” the Rabbi said.
Netanyahu rushes to get agreements on haredi draft as deadline looms
Haredi party leaders warned that if the bill includes economic sanctions and recruitment quotas, they will leave the government.
Gov’t to vote on new haredi conscription plan as coalition teeters
Benny Gantz and some Likud members have expressed strong opposition to the proposed plan.
Netanyahu warns Likud: Without IDF draft bill, Israeli government will fall - report
The draft, should it pass, would extend the exemption from IDF conscription for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews.
Social Equality Ministry to help ex-Haredim draft to IDF
The program lasts four weeks and includes full room and board.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block traffic, light rail in haredi draft protest
A Jerusalem Post intern at the scene reported witnessing one of the Haredim at the protest blocking a car. The orthodox Jewish man persisted in blocking the vehicle even as it drove forward.
The untapped potential of the ultra-Orthodox draft - editorial
On Tuesday, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said that conscription should apply to all members of Israeli society.
All members of Israeli society must be drafted, IDF chief says
"We have a historic opportunity to expand the IDF’s recruitment sources at a time when the necessity is very high," IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi said.
