Report: Haredi parties say PM promised them Katz would nix new batch of enlistment orders

After the army’s announcement today that it plans to send out 7,000 draft orders to members of the ultra-Orthodox community, the Kan public broadcaster reports that ultra-Orthodox parties say this goes against a pledge made to them last week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

New Defense Minister Israel Katz has not canceled the move, which was approved by his predecessor Yoav Gallant only a day before he was fired, meaning the IDF still plans to send them out at the start of next week.

But according to Kan, as Netanyahu confirmed Katz as Gallant’s replacement, he conveyed a message to the Haredi parties — who fiercely oppose ultra-Orthodox enlistment to the military — that Katz would cancel the decision to issue the new orders.

The network says Netanyahu’s office is denying conveying such a message, but notes that his ultra-Orthodox partners are insisting this is what they were promised.