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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 427

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Ultra-Orthodox men clash with police during a protest against the military draft, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, August 5, 2024 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 5, 2024, 12:21 pm
Haredim clash with police as first draftees slated to report to IDF recruitment office
Violence toward female journalists, shouts of ‘shiksa’; police say 3 arrested; ‘This is Auschwitz, the last stop,’ says demonstrator; only a third of draftees expected to serve
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers and an ultra-Orthodox man are seen at the Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 25, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 26, 2024, 5:41 am
Rabbis said to raise $100 million in US for yeshivas facing cuts over IDF draft ruling
Haaretz report claims donations will give schools ‘breathing room’ after court orders state to withhold funds for army-eligible students; IDF draws up plans to recruit 3,000 Haredim
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox men after clashes during a protest outside the army recruitment office in Jerusalem, as a group of soldiers stands behind them, March 4, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2024, 11:37 am
‘We prefer dying to serving in the IDF’: Israel in battle over Haredi conscription
As troops fight in Gaza and are stationed on the northern border, a third battleground is taking shape over drafting the ultra-Orthodox, an issue that could bring down the coalition
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police as they protest against the arrest of a Haredi Jewish man who failed to comply with the mandatory military draft, in Jerusalem, September 29, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
September 29, 2022, 8:31 pm
Haredi anti-draft protesters block central Jerusalem junctions, clash with police
Shouting ‘We will die and not be drafted,’ demonstrators from extremist ultra-Orthodox sect bar vehicles from accessing capital’s main entrance, intersection near bus station
By AP and ToI Staff
An ultra-Orthodox man walks past the army recruitment office in Jerusalem, July 22, 2013. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90/ File)
February 1, 2021, 11:18 pm
IDF exemption for Haredim expires — but nothing’s likely to change, for now
In an apparent stunt, Gantz lets the order enabling ultra-Orthodox to avoid army service lapse, but expert says status quo likely to continue, because Knesset dissolved in December
By Judah Ari Gross
Ultra-Orthodox men walk outside the IDF recruitment office in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 27, 2021, 11:11 pm
Gantz threatens to enlist all Haredim unless his national service plan advances
Defense minister, who has been feuding with ultra-Orthodox parties, says he won’t extend military exemption which ends next Monday
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: Soldiers of the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion sit in a field at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
July 17, 2019, 6:42 am
Group launches bid for true universal conscription – Haredim, Arabs and all
Pnima movement, which once included Gantz and Ashkenazi, releases proposal to require all Israeli citizens to perform some form of national service for a more cohesive society
By Judah Ari Gross
Soldiers from the mixed-gender Lions of the Jordan Valley Battalion take part in an exercise in the Tzeelim army base on February 5, 2018. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)
August 8, 2018, 3:24 pm
Breaking record, 1,000 women join IDF combat units this summer
Military figures on unprecedented female enlistment to field units come a day after air force announces appointment of the first woman commander of a flight squadron
By Judah Ari Gross
Danielle Nagler
April 30, 2018, 9:15 am
Danielle Nagler
My son won’t be serving in the IDF
Hidden disabilities can look a lot like draft-dodging, but this child is not cut out to be a soldier
Daniel Zacks
April 18, 2018, 9:46 am
Daniel Zacks
No soldier wants to be the next dead Israeli hero
We know what happens when we don’t have our own army, so I’m choosing combat, and will give it my all
Illustrative: Police remove ultra-Orthodox demonstrators who are blocking a road during a protest against army conscription in the city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on March 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)
March 14, 2018, 11:52 pm
Watchdog chides Defense Ministry for again missing ultra-Orthodox draft goal
Coming a day after initial approval of controversial conscription bill, comptroller report also finds failings in government’s attempts to increase enlistment among Bedouin
By Judah Ari Gross
Michael Boyden
March 13, 2018, 1:14 pm
Michael Boyden
Torah study equals army service? Not even close
We whose family members have died in Israel’s wars don’t happen to think Haredim ‘kill’ themselves learning
Police remove ultra-Orthodox demonstrators who are blocking a road during a protest against army conscription in the city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, on March 12, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Ahmad GHARABLI)
March 12, 2018, 9:23 pm
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block highway, clash with police
Demonstrators stop traffic on several major roads near Bnei Brak, in protest of draft-dodging yeshiva student’s arrest
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (center) protests legislation to exempt ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military conscription, next to Dave Mandelshtam, who appeared as an ultra-Orthodox protester but was later revealed to be a Yesh Atid activist who had dressed up, Tel Aviv, March 4, 2018. (Screenshot)
March 4, 2018, 4:18 pm
‘Haredi Jew’ in Yesh Atid protest was a party activist
Party says Dave Mandelshtam dressed up ‘on his own initiative’ to protest legislation exempting yeshiva students from enlistment
By Sue Surkes
File: An effigy of an ultra-Orthodox soldier seized by police in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem on Purim, March 2, 2018 (Israel Police)
March 4, 2018, 3:08 pm
Two suspects detained over effigies dressed as IDF soldiers
Against backdrop of Knesset dispute over military exemption for ultra-Orthodox students, police question the pair on suspicion of incitement against military conscription
By Sue Surkes
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