Haredi draft
Coalition talks at a crossroads as Eisenkot, Netanyahu battle for haredi parties
One of the central issues occupying the haredi parties is the guarantees they would receive that commitments made to them would be honored after the government is sworn in.
NGO seeks ruling on draft-linked tax discounts after Sa’ar appointed interior minister
Haredi MKs propose exempting haredi yeshiva students from IDF service at 26, halting arrests
No to the war against the haredim, yes to Israel’s security - opinion
Haredi protest erupts in Modi'in after Military Police move to arrest draft dodger
Footage of the scene shared by Israeli media showed numerous haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men protesting and clashing with police officers.
Rabbi Lando: Zionism to blame for Arab hostility, religious IDF troops killed over 'twisted Torah'
UTJ spiritual leader Lando: '[National-Religious Jews] are being killed because their rabbis teach them twisted Torah' • Litvak rabbi says secular Israelis 'have no connection with Judaism'
Bennett: IDF will collapse without haredi enlistment, Netanyahu is dismantling military
Former PM warns IDF 'on verge of collapse' without haredi conscription • Netanyahu 'leading the most serious threat of all' in mass draft evasions, vote for PM is 'direct vote against troops'
Haredi anti-draft march in Bnei Brak doubled as launch event for a protest political party - report
"In Netanyahu's Government of Evasion, the deserters are the heroes," Gadi Eisenkot claimed, dubbing the march "Netanyahu's walk of shame."
Iran-linked social media accounts posing as Israelis to target election, investigation reveals
An OSINT investigation found 1,516 anomalies among more than 21,000 posts analyzed, including misinformation, foreign framing, and anomalous account behavior.
The Haredi Public: A politically responsible voice from Israel's ultra-Orthodox public - opinion
Fortunately, and finally, substantial numbers of haredi Israelis are moving away from this hostile approach. They think for themselves and are seeking alternative political leadership.
Haredi parties plan to remain outside government coalition until draft law is resolved
Once the issue that has shaken the haredi political establishment is resolved, the haredi parties could then consider joining the sitting government.
25,000 seminary girls recruited to fund haredi yeshivas amid draft crisis - report
KAN reported that 25,000 seminary girls participated in the phone-calling campaign and raised over NIS 11 million. Each girl was given a personal fundraising goal of NIS 8,400.
Is Gadi Eisenkot's biggest selling point that he's 'not Netanyahu?'
The front-runner's biggest selling point? He isn't Netanyahu. Klein and Laznik break down the race.
Netanyahu seeks to raise IDF budget, Lapid conditions support on canceling ‘corrupt’ haredi funds
Lapid noted that, in general, he supported transferring the funds to increase the defense establishment’s budget “because the IDF needs to be strengthened.”
