During a Channel 14 panel, Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan falsely claimed "The Matrix" was written by yeshiva students, sparking backlash.
Movers and shakers in Israeli society.
The IDF reported that Border Police successfully kept the protesters away from the base's fences, though the police had to disperse a large number of demonstrators using tear gas.
"Even if there were a haredi brigade, today it would be one way, and tomorrow the another," the rabbi added.
"This study sheds light on the complex relationship between religious obligations and economic activity among young Haredi men," Gordon explained.
The IDF needs to understand the true importance of this moment and make the right accommodations for new haredi conscripts to ease this bumpy process.
History is not static; times change, conditions change, and we have to adapt to those changes.
In terms of the societal splits on which the court was asked to deliberate, it is a superficial Band-Aid, one that covers a deeper wound than can be fixed by the court alone.
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.
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