Haredi draft

Gov't secretary: Attorney-General overstepping authority in haredi draft involvement

The letter is another step in a long-simmering feud between Fuchs and the AG's office, over the boundaries of the government's authority on a number of issues, including the haredi draft.

'If the army were without women, we might have been able to discuss it,' senior haredi rabbi says

"Even if there were a haredi brigade, today it would be one way, and tomorrow the another," the rabbi added.

IDF haredi draft call-up falters as protests and legal challenges disrupt recruitment efforts

Only a few of the 1,000 haredim summoned for IDF recruitment showed up, amid intense protests and legal challenges.

Haredim break into Tel Hashomer base to protest IDF draft

Border Police and the Israel Police forcefully attempted to disperse the crowd on horseback. 

06/08/2024

'Murders, Hitlers, Nazis': Haredi rioters clash with police at IDF recruitment office

At the end of the first recruitment day for haredim, only 8% of recruits showed up to serve at the recruitment offices.

American Jews threatening to cut off Israeli haredim who don't draft is a mistake

American Jews in particular are allergic to injustice, and to them, haredim should not sleep soundly under the blanket of IDF without lifting a finger themselves.

By RABBI YOSIE LEVINE/JTA
25/07/2024

Haredim unwilling to draft are the new Zealots in Israel

Sadly, the response from the haredi rabbis is not the maturity and taking of responsibility. Rather, to consider any viewpoint other than their own, which h

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN
24/07/2024
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