Draft exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel “untenable”
Dan Perry talks about the “conundrum” Netanyahu faces regarding military service exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Dan Perry talks about the “conundrum” Netanyahu faces regarding military service exemption for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers gave their initial approval on Monday to raising the 2024 budget framework to help fund reservists and assist people displaced as a….
NewsFeed Israeli police have beaten, dragged and used water cannons on dozens of ultra-Orthodox Jews who were trying to prevent members of their community from being forcibly enlisted in the….
This week, Israel’s government announced that starting Sunday, it would begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for the first time in the country’s 76-year history. The statement came more than a….
Updated: 17/07/2024 – 23:11 GMT+2 Under long-standing political arrangements, ultra-Orthodox men had been exempt from the draft, which is compulsory for most Jewish men. Under long-standing political arrangements, ultra-Orthodox men….
Military service is compulsory for most Jewish men and women in Israel. But politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties have won exemptions for their followers to skip military service and instead study….
Welcome and summary Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the Israel-Gaza war and the wider crisis in the Middle East. Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men have clashed….
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting….
JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting….
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men blocked a highway during a protest against army recruitment in Bnei Brak, Israel. Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into….