Ultra-Orthodox draft
Shas invokes IDF soldiers in election campaign ad, drawing Gadi Eisenkot's ire
The Shas campaign video features a family gathered for a Shabbat dinner before a son returns home from his army base and embraces his family members.
National-religious men overrepresented in IDF reserves as haredim stay absent, IDI analysis finds
Haredi protesters gather at Maccabim checkpoint over reported draft evader arrest - report
Haredi suspect found to be draft dodger after being detained over disruptively loud noise - report
Gerrer Rebbe, anti-Zionist Satmar billionaire discussed ICJ action against Israel over haredi draft
In footage released by Channel 13, another participant in the meeting, Emet LeYaakov chairman Israel Gafner, can be heard comparing Israel to North Korea.
Exhibition of ultra-Orthodox military draft cartoons vandalized ahead of Animix Festival
A young man wearing a kippah confronted organizers and Tel Aviv Cinematheque CEO Tomer Cohen. They said he tore down and damaged parts of the exhibition before attempting to flee.
Haredi anti-draft protesters demonstrate against new Ma'alot Tzur enlistment program head- report
According to N12, the protesters arrived in organized transportation, stood outside the new head's home, and distributed pashkevilim (broadsides or posters used by the ultra-Orthodox community).
Netanyahu can't campaign against draft-evasion law he just backed - editorial
The haredi public is a vital part of Israel, but that does not justify mass exemption during a sustained national-security emergency.
From 'better to die' to enlistment: Why haredi draft calculus is shifting - analysis
Despite fierce rabbinic opposition, haredi enlistment is rising. The numbers suggest changing incentives may be altering the draft calculus.
ITIM organization asks High Court to bar draft evaders from Rabbinate exam benefits
ITIM asked the High Court to bar men from using yeshiva study completed without regularized military status to qualify for Rabbinate certification.
Beyond the haredi draft: What’s really at stake for Israel’s future - opinion
It would be a national mistake if many make one of the most consequential political decisions of their lives based primarily on anger over a single issue, without considering the much broader impact.
High Court appears poised to strike down law freezing haredi draft enforcement
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara on Friday asked the court to strike down the law, arguing that it retains the duty to enlist while removing the consequences for refusal.
Rabbi Yaakov Aharon Farber, founder of Ma'alot Tzur haredi enlistment program, dies at 32
Farber was the founder and CEO of Ma'alot Tzur, a program that integrated Haredim into the IDF.
Government tells High Court draft arrests risk civil war, says case outcome 'known in advance'
“Israel needs haredi recruits, not haredi detainees,” the government said, arguing that arrests of yeshiva students could reverse a gradual increase in enlistment and risk civil war.
