From State asks High Court for yet another extension to legislate Haredi enlistment
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe government submits another request to the High Court of Justice, seeking more time to legislate a contentious bill on ultra-Orthodox conscription into the military which has been at the heart of several coalition crises.
The state invokes the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in its request, along with pressing security challenges facing the country and diplomatic developments that it says makes legislating the bill not possible right now.
This is the seventh time the government has asked for an extension, Channel 12 reports.
Previous versions of the bill have been rejected by the High Court as unconstitutional in a years-long saga.
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