Defense minister slams ‘unilateral sending’ of enlistment notices to Haredi conscripts

15 March 2025, 7:16 pm

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Defense Minister Israel Katz appears to criticize the draft notices for ultra-Orthodox conscripts that the military sent out this week, while doubling down on his call to “protect the Torah world.”

In a post on X, Katz says the push to increase enlistment — including sanctions on those who don’t heed conscription notices — should be accompanied by efforts to “safeguard and prevent harm to the Torah world, which is an important pillar of our existence here in the Jewish state.”

“Only by moving forward with these principles together can we make a historic change and pass an enlistment law with broad national agreement,” Katz claims. “All other paths tried until now –including the unilateral sending of [draft] orders — failed.”