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Topic: universal conscription

May 9, 2013
11:24 am

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews holding a prayer rally in Jerusalem's Shabbat Square in opposition of the government's plan to start drafting yeshiva students into military and national service, June 25, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers face jail from 2017

Ministerial panel says financial sanctions not enough; aims to limit exemptions on religious grounds to 1,800 per year

By Aaron Kalman

April 16, 2013
9:28 pm

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz (photo credit: Flash90)

Defense cuts will harm IDF’s capacity to protect Israel, Gantz warns

Chief of staff says threats are shifting and growing; also says process of separate burial for non-Jewish soldiers should be reexamined

By Michal Shmulovich

April 7, 2013
3:29 pm

Minister of Science, Technology and Space Yaakov Peri (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Ministerial committee to draft new conscription law

Yaakov Peri to head group tasked with raising the number of ultra-Orthodox, Arabs in the IDF and workforce

By Aaron Kalman

March 10, 2013
4:21 pm

Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman meets with members of the audience after being publicly interviewed at the Jerusalem Great Synagogue on March 9 at an event marking The Times of Israel's first anniversary (photo credit: Sharon Marks Altshul / the Real Jerusalem Streets)

Yesh Atid wants law to limit cabinet next time to 18 ministers, MK says

Party’s Dov Lipman discusses the centrist faction’s agenda at a Times of Israel anniversary event in Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue

By Times of Israel staff

February 25, 2013
11:27 am

An ultra-Orthodox man casts his vote in the town of Bnei Brak, Tuesday, January 22, 2013. (photo credit: Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Poll: 51% want a government without the ultra-Orthodox

New research suggests 76% of people don’t want new elections; 44% want the party they chose to compromise, so long as it enters the coalition

By Michal Shmulovich

February 15, 2013
4:45 pm

Ruth Calderon speaks to the Knesset, Tuesday (photo credit: screen capture Knesset Channel)

Resonant response to maiden speech by Yesh Atid’s secular, female Talmud scholar

Tens of thousands watch clip of Dr. Ruth Calderon in Knesset debut quoting traditional sources, urging ultra-Orthodox and Zionist communities to better understand each other

By Aaron Kalman

February 12, 2013
11:54 pm

MK Meir Porush (United Torah Judaism) speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Tuesday, February 12, 2013. (photo credit: Courtesy)

Draft Haredim who don’t learn, says ultra-Orthodox MK

Meir Porush of United Torah Judaism tells US Jewish leaders that he joined the IDF after he left religious studies

By Ilan Ben Zion

February 12, 2013
2:57 am

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers attend a swearing in ceremony as they enter the IDF's "Nahal Haredi" unit in June. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Likud amends draft plan to meet Lapid demands

From the web Ynet: Netanyahu proposal includes immediate enlistment of Haredim and sanctions for draft dodgers

February 11, 2013
10:55 pm

Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset for the first time Monday. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

In Knesset debut, Lapid decries tyranny of religious minority

Yesh Atid leader says ultra-Orthodox community can’t threaten rest of country, calls for ‘equality before the law’

By Yossi Nachemi

February 11, 2013
10:26 am

Universal army service is a distraction

Calls for sharing the burden, while popular, are misguided and obscure the real work of achieving equality

By Naomi Chazan

February 10, 2013
1:13 pm

Jewish Home head Naftali Bennett after meeting with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on January 31, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Bennett: ‘Historic opportunity’ for next government

Jewish Home and Yesh Atid ‘not allied’ but see eye to eye on universal conscription, economic issues

By Gabe Fisher

February 8, 2013
9:21 pm

File photo of soldiers from Nahal Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox battalion in the IDF (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash90)

Haredi leaders at emergency meeting: No to IDF enlistment

From the web Ynet: Rare gathering of top rabbis in response to fears that Netanyahu-Lapid coalition will see through universal draft

February 3, 2013
11:15 pm

Moshe Feiglin (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Incoming Likud MK aims to abolish draft

Moshe Feiglin spurns plans to enlist the ultra-Orthodox, says mandatory conscription ‘divides and crumbles’ Israeli society

By Aaron Kalman

February 3, 2013
1:41 pm

Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid (left) and Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett at a conference in Ramat Gan, December 17, 2012 (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Jewish Home, Yesh Atid agree on universal conscription

Ultra-Orthodox parties reportedly want Jewish Home to protect yeshiva funding in return for their opposition to settlement evacuation

By Gabe Fisher

January 28, 2013
4:19 pm

Tzipi Livni and Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Tel Aviv in an abortive effort to build a governing partnership after the last elections. (Photo credit: Roni Schutzer/Flash90)

Because they’re not selling chocolate pudding

Let’s not forget: Coalition talks are meant to be a means to an end — effective government, in the interests of the people

By David Horovitz

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Topic: universal conscription

Ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers face jail from 2017

Ministerial panel says financial sanctions not enough; aims to limit exemptions on religious grounds to 1,800 per year

Defense cuts will harm IDF’s capacity to protect Israel, Gantz warns

Chief of staff says threats are shifting and growing; also says process of separate burial for non-Jewish soldiers should be reexamined

Ministerial committee to draft new conscription law

Yaakov Peri to head group tasked with raising the number of ultra-Orthodox, Arabs in the IDF and workforce

Yesh Atid wants law to limit cabinet next time to 18 ministers, MK says

Party’s Dov Lipman discusses the centrist faction’s agenda at a Times of Israel anniversary event in Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue

Poll: 51% want a government without the ultra-Orthodox

New research suggests 76% of people don’t want new elections; 44% want the party they chose to compromise, so long as it enters the coalition

Resonant response to maiden speech by Yesh Atid’s secular, female Talmud scholar

Tens of thousands watch clip of Dr. Ruth Calderon in Knesset debut quoting traditional sources, urging ultra-Orthodox and Zionist communities to better understand each other

Draft Haredim who don’t learn, says ultra-Orthodox MK

Meir Porush of United Torah Judaism tells US Jewish leaders that he joined the IDF after he left religious studies

Likud amends draft plan to meet Lapid demands

From the web Ynet: Netanyahu proposal includes immediate enlistment of Haredim and sanctions for draft dodgers

In Knesset debut, Lapid decries tyranny of religious minority

Yesh Atid leader says ultra-Orthodox community can’t threaten rest of country, calls for ‘equality before the law’

Universal army service is a distraction

Calls for sharing the burden, while popular, are misguided and obscure the real work of achieving equality

Bennett: ‘Historic opportunity’ for next government

Jewish Home and Yesh Atid ‘not allied’ but see eye to eye on universal conscription, economic issues

Haredi leaders at emergency meeting: No to IDF enlistment

From the web Ynet: Rare gathering of top rabbis in response to fears that Netanyahu-Lapid coalition will see through universal draft

Incoming Likud MK aims to abolish draft

Moshe Feiglin spurns plans to enlist the ultra-Orthodox, says mandatory conscription ‘divides and crumbles’ Israeli society

Jewish Home, Yesh Atid agree on universal conscription

Ultra-Orthodox parties reportedly want Jewish Home to protect yeshiva funding in return for their opposition to settlement evacuation

Because they’re not selling chocolate pudding

Let’s not forget: Coalition talks are meant to be a means to an end — effective government, in the interests of the people

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