Haredim
2026 budget reading puts government at risk, after months of ideological sparring - analysis
If the vote is postponed, or if the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties choose not to support it and it falls, then for all intents and purposes the government will fall with it.
Haredim in Israel’s periphery show distinct lifestyle gaps from center, Shoresh Institute finds
'I don’t care about optics': Inside United Hatzalah’s Jerusalem daycare disaster response
Supreme Court decision on baby autopsy, Trump’s Greenland texts under scrutiny
Haredi rabbi calls Likud MK Yuli Edelstein 'traitor' over draft law
'There’s someone in Likud who is a traitor to Israel and a scheming saboteur because he wants to rule and become prime minister,' says Butbul.
IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft
All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026.
Ethiopian families, women locked out of public shelter declared ‘men only’ by extremists - report
The extremist haredi faction reportedly spat on Ethiopian families attempting to access the shelter.
We say we want haredim to join the IDF, but do we mean it? - opinion
The task is not only how to encourage ultra-Orthodox Jews to embrace the IDF, but also how to encourage the IDF to embrace ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Opposition's Knesset dispersal bill fails after Edelstein, haredim reach draft bill agreement
When the opposition called for the vote, Deputy Minister Yaakov Tesler and MK Moshe Roth of Agudat Yisrael voted in favor of dissolving the Knesset.
Knesset dispersal postponed after agreement between Edelstein, haredi leaders
This decision came after MK Moshe Gafni reported on the results of the negotiations between Netanyahu and Edelstein to Rabbi Hirsch.
Over 50,000 IDF draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Jews scheduled for July
The announcement means that the IDF will be summoning the entire "pool" of eligible haredi men, in addition to the 24,000 haredim who already received initial draft orders since July 2024.
Netanyahu using Iran tension, threats to try and stop Knesset dispersion vote
The vote to dissolve the Knesset is expected to happen around 10 p.m. after opposition party heads unanimously agreed to vote on the issue.
Opposition leaders announce they will go through with Knesset dispersal vote
Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.
Over 50,000 draft orders to be sent to yeshiva students this July, A-G announces
The government has sent out draft orders to 24,000 out of the approximately 80,000 eligible haredi men.
