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Haredi IDF recruits singing Israel's national anthem Hatikvah at basic training graduation ceremony

'Retarded, evil, rude and a fool': Yeshiva head blasts student for enlisting in IDF

Storm erupts at top Jerusalem yeshiva after student joins IDF's Haredi brigade, prompting fierce backlash from Rabbi Benjamin Rimmer, who denounced move as betrayal of Torah values and warned others against following suit

Shilo Freid | 09.04.25

Regev asks Romanian transportation minister to add dozens of flights to Uman

Reservists' organizations have criticized the government's efforts to help facilitate travel to Uman for Rosh Hashana by many who are evading the draft, while the IDF has called up thousands of reservists during the holiday season in preparation for a major operation in Gaza City

Shilo Freid, Sivan Hilaie | 09.03.25

טקס ההצהרה של הפלוגה השנייה של החטיבה החרדית "החשמונאים"

Being the bridge between Torah and military service is a privilege, says Haredi IDF soldier

As many in the Haredi community stand aside, a growing number of Haredi soldiers are integrating into the IDF, serving on the frontlines, leading units, and demonstrating how religious values can coexist with military duty

Shilo Freid | 09.03.25

Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef: 'If military police come to Yeshivas, stand up to them'

In his weekly lecture, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef urged students not to fear military police seeking to arrest draft dodgers, adding that Torah study protects Israel more than military service

Shilo Freid | 08.31.25

Gantz urges Netanyahu, opposition chiefs to join six-month unity government focused on hostages, draft bill

Blue and White leader Benny Gantz calls on PM, Lapid and Liberman to join his plan for a short-term unity gov’t focused on hostages and conscription, with elections in spring 2026; 'I don’t want to save Netanyahu, I want to save the hostages,' he says

Yuval Karni | 08.23.25

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block major Israeli highways over army draft arrests

Massive traffic jams hit central Israel as fringe Jerusalem Faction activists, protesting arrest of draft dodgers, block key junctions on Highways 2, 4 and 6; in dramatic footage, protesters beat on a car that broke through—one clung to the roof

Ynet correspondents | 08.20.25

Haredim, police clash during protest on major highway: 'The state will get prisoners, not soldiers'

Extremist ultra-Orthodox members of the Jerusalem Faction demonstrate against mandatory conscription into the IDF as the draft exemption law crisis continues; 'We will die before we enlist'

Shilo Freid, Roy Rubinstein | 08.19.25

US Satmar Hasidic leaders arrive in Israel to challenge draft, state funding

The anti-Israel sect is visiting to back opposition to drafting Haredim, push for full separation of Haredi schools from state funding and influence moderate rabbis, exploiting tensions in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community over military conscription

Shilo Freid | 08.19.25

Leading Haredi rabbi on IDF draft: 'Jews persecute Jews over Torah study'

Rabbi Dov Landau criticized military and arrests of deserters, urging yeshiva students not to succumb and enlist; 'It is unacceptable for Jews to be imprisoned for studying Torah'

Shilo Freid | 08.18.25

IDF launches one-time amnesty for 14,600 Haredi draft dodgers

For five days, the IDF will reach out to draft deserters, mostly ultra-Orthodox, offering to cancel penalties if they enlist; 'This is a one-time opportunity,' officials say; military says that without a real draft law, the number of deserters could rise by 5,000 soon and reach tens of thousands within 18 months

Yoav Zitun | 08.17.25

Ex-chief rabbi: Why listen to 'atheist' Netanyahu?

Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef accuses PM of betraying ultra-Orthodox parties on draft law as protests erupt outside military prison where Haredi draft dodgers held and rabbis laed mass prayer rallies; 'You rely on such a person?'

Shilo Freid | 08.17.25

Senior ultra-Orthodox rabbi: 'The army is idolatry, bloodshed and immorality'

In radio interview, Rabbi Yitzchok Kolodetsky launches blistering attack on IDF and its ultra-Orthodox soldiers, urging public to shun them and calling even the most religious military frameworks a dangerous deception

Shilo Freid | 08.13.25

Top Haredi rabbi warns of 'global struggle' against Israel over yeshiva student draft evasion arrests

Rabbi Dov Landau’s aides say Israel has 'declared war on Torah scholars' after arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers, vowing global campaign; warning comes as lawmakers revive efforts to pass new military conscription law

Gal Ganot | 08.06.25

Haredi lawmakers push to lower voting age as tensions over military exemptions grow

Legislation mirrors existing voting rights in municipal elections and could add roughly 120,000 new voters; leaders warn of 'state without Haredim' amid backlash over draft exemptions and threats of mass arrests of yeshiva students

Shilo Freid, Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad | 07.24.25

Haredi parties pressure Netanyahu to appoint Likud's Bismuth to chair key Knesset committee

Ultra-Orthodox parties are pressuring Netanyahu to back MK Boaz Bismuth as the next chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, abandoning earlier support for MK Hanoch Milwidsky in a surprise late-night shift

Moran Azulay | 07.23.25

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