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Draft Bill
Haredi protesters clash with police as Highway 4, Jerusalem entrance blocked | Watch
Police use stun grenades, batons and mounted officers to clear hundreds protesting renewed arrests of Haredi draft evaders; demonstrators chant ‘We will die and not enlist’
Shilo Freid, Liran Tamari, Sivan Hilaie
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10.08.26
Hundreds of Haredi extremists besiege military police in Modi'in, block draft dodger arrest | Watch
Protesters stormed the draft dodger’s apartment and clashed with police until forces withdrew without an arrest; afterward, he emerged into the street, climbed onto a car as supporters cheered and was handed sweets during celebrations outside
Shilo Freid, Meir Turgeman
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10.06.26
Top rabbi calls Haredi election boycott a ‘great crime’
Rabbi Dov Lando condemns efforts to suppress ultra-Orthodox turnout as Degel HaTorah battles voter frustration over failed military draft law ahead of election
Shilo Freid
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09.30.26
Thousands rally in Jerusalem for Haredi draft evaders freed from military prison
Former detainees welcomed as ‘prisoners of the Torah world’ and promised cash grants after serving time for defying IDF draft orders, as bitter dispute over ultra-Orthodox military service intensifies
Liran Tamari, Shilo Freid
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09.29.26
IDF probes suspected Haredi draft-dodging scheme using mental health exemptions
IDF says dozens of similarly worded exemption requests come from the same clinics and psychiatrists, often through law firms; Health Ministry and police asked to examine suspected false medical opinions
Shilo Freid
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09.23.26
Who should serve Israel? How parties propose solving the Haredi draft crisis
Most parties back broader enlistment, civilian service alternatives and financial penalties for draft dodgers, while Haredi factions seek to preserve exemptions; Likud was the only party to refuse to answer the questionnaire at all
ynet correspondents
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09.16.26
Eyal Zamir after 18 months: six-front war, battlefield gains and mounting political pressure
Analysis: The IDF chief has overseen major operations against Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah while pushing a forward-defense doctrine, even as troop shortages, budget fights, senior appointments and the Haredi draft fuel mounting political pressure
Ron Ben-Yishai
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09.14.26
United Torah Judaism ousts Moshe Gafni after 38 years in major Haredi leadership shake-up
Yaakov Asher will take over Degel HaTorah and head the joint slate, while Uri Maklev is also dropped after the failed draft exemption law; the party is weighing new candidates and seeking its first full ministerial post in the next coalition
Shilo Freid
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09.05.26
In apparent jab at Netanyahu, Winter says October 7 failures demand new leadership
Amcha Yisrael chief says those who failed to establish a trusted inquiry, integrate Haredim into the IDF or deliver a clear outcome in Gaza should not be expected to succeed now
Amir Ettinger
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09.02.26
Senior Shas rabbi against Netanyahu: 'Not joining government until law exempting yeshiva students passed'
Rabbi Moshe Maya says Shas should demand passage of a law exempting yeshiva students before joining any future coalition, saying he no longer trusts Netanyahu’s promises despite the party’s continued political support for him
ynet
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08.30.26
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
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08.27.26
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
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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
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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
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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
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08.13.26
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