AG contends IDF must immediately issue 7,000 draft orders to Haredim, including yeshiva students

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara has told top legal, political and military officials that 7,000 enlistment orders to ultra-Orthodox men must be issued immediately — as the IDF has said it plans to do at the start of next week — in order to comply with the law and the state’s pledges before relevant courts.

According to Hebrew media reports, Baharav-Miara voiced this opinion in a meeting today.

She contends that any delay or limiting of the orders is unlawful, adding that 4,500 of them must be issued without taking into account whether they are yeshiva students or not.

The army has already sent 3,000 draft orders, primarily to Haredi men who are employed and aren’t full-time yeshiva students. Only 273 of them showed up at IDF recruitment centers and even fewer of them, 48, have since enlisted, reflecting the strong opposition within the community to joining the military.