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Haredi minister sparks outrage in dance to song slamming IDF

Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf faces coalition and opposition backlash after a video shows him at a wedding with ultra-Orthodox men chanting 'We’ll die and not enlist,'; Netanyahu resists calls to dismiss him as government funds draft doggers

Shilo Freid | 03.24.25

IDF prepares to release 14,000 draft notices for young Haredi men, but limited response expected

Response to call-up of 10,000 Haredim since June has been dismal so far - under 200; the IDF will focus on communities and cities where enlistment rates were higher in earlier draft rounds; Ultra-Orthodox call it a 'war against yeshivot'

Shilo Freid, Sivan Hilaie | 03.11.25

Katz introduces Haredi draft law waiving Haredi service for most until 2032

Security minister briefs Knesset committee without IDF representatives, shows plan to draft 50% of the ultra-Orthodox men eligible for service after seven years; mother of fallen soldier in protest march calling for equal draft for all

Sivan Hilaie, Yoav Zitun | 01.14.25

Casualties of war are devastating to confused nation

Opinion: Fortitude of a nation depends on motivation, faith in the military, economic and political leadership and the belief in a joint cause, as well as the shared load among all Israelis. None of that exists now

Ben-Dror Yemini | 01.12.25

Former chief rabbi: 'Even someone who's idle shouldn't join the army'

In recorded video, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef urges all ultra-Orthodox men to ignore military draft orders, even those not studying in yeshivas

Shilo Freid | 12.15.24

Minister Meir Porush and ultra-Orthodox youth at the recruitment office

Government party establishes hotline to provide legal advice for IDF draft dodgers

Agudat Yisrael, the faction led by Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, established a guidance center for ultra-Orthodox youth to help them avoid military conscription, describing the initiative as a response to 'the looming threat to the Torah world'

Shilo Freid | 12.05.24

Haredi lawmakers attend emergency meeting on avoiding IDF draft

Meeting held in Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox community spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Landau's home , where United Torah Judaism Knesset members sit in after decree calls on all yeshiva students to stay away from recruiting offices

Shilo Freid | 12.04.24

"יש התחשבות בחגים, בשבתות ובזמני תפילה". יעקב קרעי

Haredis find social service in lieu of draft

More Haredi men join medical emergency teams as volunteers after rejecting military claiming their religious sensibilities would be less harmed

Shilo Freid | 11.14.24

Even though he was fired, Gallant's draft orders for Haredim will be issued

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was fired, but the IDF is going ahead with issuing 7,000 additional draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Israeli young men, sparking controversy and protest; Only a fraction have reported for duty, highlighting tensions within Israeli society over conscription policies

Yoav Zitun, Shilo Freid | 11.12.24

Drop in reservists willing to serve raises concern

The IDF reveals a decline of about 15-25 percent in reservists showing up when called for duty in Gaza and in the north, affecting operational decisions while coalition pushes bill exempting Haredi men from service

Yoav Zitun, Alexandra Lukash, Hadar Gil-Ad | 11.11.24

בני גנץ יאיר לפיד אביגדור ליברמן יאיר גולן

'Netanyahu unfit, endangers Israel,' opposition leaders say

Leaders of opposition parties slam Netanyahu's ouster of Yoav Gallant, say his motives are political and fear of investigations into misdeeds of his close circle

Moran Azulay | 11.06.24

IDF can take only limited number of Haredi men, but economy needs them to serve'

Israeli-American David Hagar who invested in IDF's Haredi battalion says the military is already struggling with meeting the needs of ultra-Orthodox men who cannot serve with women; says the cost of a Haredi family to taxpayers is 1,7000 shekels each month

Sharon Kidon | 11.05.24

'While our men serve in the war, Haredim insist on ditching draft'

About 2,000 Religious-Zionist mothers and wives call on the government to draft ultra-Orthodox men into the IDF after reservists have already reached hundreds of days in 2024 alone; 'We live in a reality where the Torah commands us to go into battle and defend the country'

Shilo Freid | 10.29.24

Netanyahu set to oust his defense minister during war

PM reportedly closing deal with Gideon Saar's New Hope Party to ensure passage of a new draft bill that is acceptable to Haredi coalition partners and ensures his government's survival; U.S. concerned move would remove 'only adult in the room'

Yuval Karni | 09.16.24

Despite earlier agreements, Hasidic communities change their mind on draft

The leaders of Vishnitz and Gur sects direct their students to stay away from recruitment centers: 'They rose up against us with a terrible conscription decree, trying to recruit Torah scholars whose Torah protects this land'

Shilo Freid | 08.22.24

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