Haredi
'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.”
Undecided voters should take a closer look at Bennett’s B’Yachad - opinion
Israel’s election: Which parties are most likely to keep their promises? - opinion
Settler violence is a political blind spot in Israel’s election campaign - opinion
Haredi Public's Moti Leitner: Israel’s future is our responsibility, too - opinion
A community must prepare its children for the lives ahead, enable its families to achieve economic independence, and accept its share of responsibility for defending the country.
'We will get them': Haredi Public Party leader vows to help fill IDF manpower shortage
Moti Leitner says his Haredi Public Party is gaining support despite pressure to withdraw, and insists haredi men who do not study Torah should enlist.
Israel’s election campaign lacks substance, fresh leadership, and vision - opinion
From national security to the haredi draft, Israel’s most pressing challenges have received little serious attention from candidates seeking to lead the country.
Yoaz Hendel: Reservists are the key to breaking Israel’s political deadlock - opinion
We cannot go backward – we cannot afford more rounds of elections or to abandon the prospect of change. Voting for “the largest party” is effectively a vote for yet another election.
Israel’s election must be about repairing society after October 7 - opinion
The silent majority of the Israeli public must step up and choose tikkun – the repair of society to make it better – and ensure that our heroic soldiers will not have died in vain.
Haredi protesters block Highway 4 near Ra'anana, Kfar Saba over draft dodger arrest
Police have deemed the demonstration illegal and are on the scene directing traffic to alternative routes, clearing the road, and restoring public order.
IDF detains 42 Chabad Hassidic draft evaders arriving from New York at Ben-Gurion Airport
Of the 42, 40 expressed willingness to enlist and were found fit for military service, while 2 were found to have dodged the draft for an extended period and were sent directly to a military prison.
Netanyahu: Arrests of haredi draft evaders 'unacceptable,' undermine IDF enlistment efforts
"This is unacceptable. We need to preserve the world of Torah study because it has preserved us," the prime minister told Kol Barama during a Tuesday morning radio interview.
Stun grenades, water cannon deployed to disperse haredi protesters blocking Highway 4 near Yavne
The highway was reopened to traffic after about two hours of protests, which were sparked by the arrests of two IDF draft evaders over the weekend.
Israel picks between 'secular democracy or theocracy' in election, chess master Garry Kasparov says
"Just as Abraham Lincoln observed that the government could not persist 'half slave and half free,' Israel cannot go on half theocratic and half secular," Kasparov, whose father was Jewish, said.
