Haredi draft
The IDF’s haredi pivot: From integration to accommodation - analysis
Facing an acute manpower shortage, the IDF has concluded that if it wants haredim to enlist, accommodation is required.
Haredi demonstrations and farmer protests
WATCH: Haredim block roads near Tel Hashomer in protest of IDF draft, deemed unlawful by police
IDF warns of manpower crisis if ultra-Orthodox Jews not drafted by March
Goldknopf likens sanctions on haredi draft dodgers to placing 'yellow badge' on them at the Knesset
“I beg you, exempt them from everything,” United Torah Judaism chairperson Goldknopf told the panel, before seeming to refer to the yellow star that Nazi’s placed on Jews during the Holocaust.
Between ultra-Orthodox draft and Knesset coalition, Israel's democracy is too complicated - opinion
The composition of our fragile coalition in the Knesset, mirrored in the cabinet, makes governing our already volatile population factions extremely difficult.
Why Israel's draft law will not solve the IDF's manpower problem - opinion
Total victory is not achieved through false faith, but through difficult decisions. It requires serious, painful thinking, especially regarding the immediate term. This draft law does not do that.
Netanyahu to decide election date after US trip, citing problems passing draft law - report
N12 reporter Daphna Liel explained that Netanyahu expects difficulty passing the draft law and fears the government would collapse over this issue.
Equality requires universal draft, participation in economy and workforce, MK Liberman says
Ultra-Orthodox populations must join not just the military but the workforce if Israel wants to have a sustainable economic future, Liberman said at the Ogen Conference.
Israel Hofsheet petitions High Court to freeze haredi national-civic service track
Israel Hofsheet asked the High Court to freeze the national civic service track it says lets haredi men avoid IDF enlistment without a legal basis.
WATCH: Police block Peleg Yerushalmi protesters at Ashkelon city entrances, arresting eight
Hundreds of yeshiva students set out to protest following the arrest and detaining of yeshiva students who attempted to evade the IDF draft.
Ultra-Orthodox rioters throw stones at bus carrying IDF soldiers during Jerusalem protest
Soldiers tried to help the police disperse the rioters, but were forced to go back inside the bus violently. The police had to use stun grenades to disperse the rioting crowd.
Thirteen officers injured as ultra-Orthodox Jews riot over parking ticket, four arrested
Rioters hurled stones, vandalized a police vehicle and property, and threw trash cans at officers after police tried to issue a routine parking ticket in Jerusalem.
Likud returns to support levels from before October 7, RZP fails to pass threshold, poll finds
Religious Zionist Party, led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, slid under the threshold with 2.8% support, as public divisions over the IDF draft framework and the state budget grew.
