Haredi population in israel

Likud MK Kallner opposes criminal arrests for haredi draft evaders, backs economic sanctions

Kallner, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, told 103FM that he does not think arresting yeshiva students is 'the right way.'

JULY 7, 2026|By103FM

An Israeli soldier guard as young men gathered during a demonstration by Ultra-Orthodox Jews against Israel's military draft on June 17, 2026 outside the Beit Lid military base in Kfar Yona, Israel. The conscription of young ultra-Orthodox men into the military, from which they were long exempt.

A haredi man looks on as traffic builds at Hemed Interchange on Highway 1 amid ultra-Orthadox anti-draft protests, June 24, 2026.

Following hours of haredi draft protests, Israeli highways reopen to traffic

Protests cause heavy traffic on 29 major roads • Social media footage shows protesters and secular citizens in violent physical altercations • MKs Goldknopf, Malkieli attended protests

JUNE 24, 2026|ByALON HACHMON, AVI SOLOMON, AARON GLICK

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen walking past haredi lawmaker Yitzhak Goldknopf, at the Prime Minister’s Office in 2023.

Goldknopf protests 'exclusion' of haredi West Bank communities from budget in letter to Netanyahu

"How is it possible that the budgets, development, and benefits that reach the other communities never reach the ultra-Orthodox population centers in Judea and Samaria?" Goldknopf asked.

JUNE 11, 2026|ByANNA BARSKY

FEMALE IDF field intelligence collection soldiers S, D, and V in the Syrian buffer zone.

Female IDF soldiers barred from entering base on religious grounds - report

The soldiers, some seven officers and reservists, all in uniform, were met by commanders from the ultra-Orthodox Netzach Yehuda battalion who forbade them from entering.

MARCH 12, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Haredi conscription order won't change anything, because PM has chosen sides

Netanyahu has been on the haredim's side all along, so why does everyone think that the new High Court ruling would suddenly cause the government to collapse?

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN

More Arabs join the work force - and not just in blue collar jobs

JULY 17, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Tsofen encourages the establishment and development of hi-tech centers in major Arab cities and communities.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: Beit Shemesh bullies

Any ideas for a more peaceful coexistence?

JULY 13, 2017ByTHREE LADIES, THREE LATTES

Head of US Reform Movement rejects new Western Wall negotiations with PM

“Those negotiations led to a true compromise, and to start again and pretend that what has taken place hasn’t happened is naive,” said the rabbi.

JUNE 26, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, delivers the keynote address at the URJ biennial convention in Orlando, Florida, November 7

Four ways to still advance Kotel plan

The non-Orthodox Jewish movements still have a few options open for progress on prayer at Judaism's holiest site.

JUNE 26, 2017ByYAAKOV KATZ

An impromptu Orthodox prayer service at the pluralist section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Temech’s Jerusalem conference helps haredi women open small businesses

The conference was geared toward women who are running businesses or seeking to establish one.

JUNE 7, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON

ULTRA-ORTHODOX WOMEN network at the Jerusalem International Convention Center yesterday

Haredim ramp up attacks on police in Mea She’arim

Over the past four years, extremists have been waging a campaign of incitement against ultra-Orthodox men enlisting in the IDF in order to delegitimize and halt the growing number of such enlistees.

JUNE 5, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON