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Breslov rabbis tell draft evaders: Don’t register with IDF just to fly to Uman

Previously unpublished recording shows senior rabbis warning followers not to enter the enlistment process simply to lift travel bans and reach Rabbi Nachman’s grave for Rosh Hashanah

Shilo Freid | 08.27.26

אירוע הדגל השנתי של מועצת בנימין בירושלים

Likud backs Shas demand to pass draft law before forming next government

Likud spokesman Guy Levy says the party hopes to approve the controversial ultra-Orthodox draft law immediately after the election, before a new coalition is formally established

Shilo Freid, Moran Azulay | 08.27.26

What Israel’s Altalena crisis teaches about unity and sovereignty

Opinion: The 1948 Altalena crisis showed that Jewish unity and state sovereignty are not competing values; as Israel again debates equal military service and civic responsibility, that balance is being tested

Gadi Ezra | 08.25.26

Bennett, Lapid unveil election blueprint to overhaul Israel’s security and diplomacy

Bennett vows to strike Iran for Hezbollah fire and rewrite Gaza policy, while Lapid pledges to restore US ties and rebuild relations with Europe and Diaspora Jewry

Moran Azulay | 08.19.26

Haredi protesters' sign desecrated the memory of my Holocaust survivor father and my fallen soldier son

I wish that I could say that the young men did not understand what the sign said, but the phrase also appeared there in Hebrew, accompanied by photos of haredi Jews being killed by the Nazis. The meaning was perfectly clear.

Marcy Oster | 08.13.26

Wearing yellow stars and chanting 'the army is worse than death': Haredi protest blocks major highway

Thousands of haredim who oppose the IDF draft came out to protest the arrest of a draft dodger after 3 weeks with no arrests; they appeared to be trying to trample on the memory of both the Holocaust and of soldiers who fell defending the state of Israel

Shilo Freid | 08.12.26

Haredi protesters plan roadblocks after arrest of alleged draft dodger

Demonstrations are expected around Bnei Brak after a yeshiva student who came to police to testify in a fraud case was allegedly escorted from the station and handed over to military police

Shilo Freid | 08.12.26

Breslov Hasidim recreate Uman in Israel as draft-age men fear arrest upon return

Hundreds are expected at a Rosh Hashanah gathering near the Sea of Galilee that will mirror Uman’s prayers, meals and schedule, as the war in Ukraine complicates travel and some young men fear legal action over alleged draft evasion after returning to Israel

Shilo Freid | 08.12.26

Satmar billionaire offers $1 million to take Israel draft fight to The Hague

Billionaire Yoeli Landau proposed allocating $1 million to the fight against the draft law and providing legal assistance to every yeshiva student who was arrested; Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter did not respond to the proposal, but also did not oppose it

Shilo Freid | 08.06.26

Bennett says no coalition with Haredi factions: 'Door shut to draft dodgers'

Former PM warns that Israel faces an existential threat from a separate Haredi society and rejects Gadi Eisenkot’s plan to exempt 3% of each draft cohort, saying it would effectively spare nearly a third of eligible Haredi men

Shilo Freid | 08.06.26

'He has lost his way': Deri accuses IDF chief of aiding left over Haredi draft law

Shas leader says Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir crossed into politics by warning lawmakers against suspending arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders; 'He caused great damage to the army,' Aryeh Deri says

Shilo Freid | 07.16.26

רה"מ בנימין נתניהו ושלמה קרעי במליאה - דיון 40 חתימות

Likud tried to oust Netanyahu after Oct. 7 attack, party dissenter says

Dan Illouz says at least one-third of Likud lawmakers backed replacing the prime minister after Hamas' 2023 attack, criticizes military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men and says the coalition has abandoned its conservative principles

Moran Azulay | 07.16.26

A betrayal of soldiers, Zionism and the soul of Israel

Opinion: By backing privileges for ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers and rejecting meaningful sanctions, coalition lawmakers betrayed the solidarity and shared sacrifice on which Israel was built

Oz Ben Nun | 07.15.26

Law freezing arrests of Haredi draft evaders passes Knesset as Netanyahu absent from vote

The arrest-freeze law is intended to prevent for several months the arrest, investigation and enforcement proceedings against ultra-Orthodox deserters who are recognized as yeshiva students; The law was approved by a vote of 58 to 54

Itamar Eichner | 07.14.26

Knesset pushes total freeze on arrests of Haredi draft dodgers despite IDF chief’s warning

The coalition bill would suspend enforcement against ultra-Orthodox men who fail to report for military service, even as the army warns of a severe troop shortage and thousands of reservists carry a growing wartime burden

Amir Ettinger | 07.14.26

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