In bombshell filing, AG to tell High Court gov’t must get ready to draft yeshiva students

In a bombshell draft filing to the High Court, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara’s office says the government will no longer be able to defer military conscription of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students come Monday morning.

Following the failure of the government to come up with a realistic plan to increase ultra-Orthodox enlistment to present to the court, and with the government resolution delaying the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students set to expire midnight on Sunday, the attorney general says the relevant state agencies will have no legal option other than to begin drafting such men on Monday.

Baharav-Miara also tells the High Court that, as a result, there will be no legal basis to continue the state funding of yeshiva student stipends, since those funds are grounded in the framework of the students’ military service exemptions.