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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 528

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with the media on a military airplane as he flies to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2025. (SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
March 11, 2025, 1:35 am
US envoy Boehler’s Hamas meetings were a ‘one-off’ that ‘hasn’t borne fruit,’ Rubio says
Israeli negotiators head to Doha to discuss extending truce in return for further hostage releases; families urge return of all captives in a single phase
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, right, arriving for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 8:39 am
Hasidic MKs tell Netanyahu they’ll oppose budget if draft exemption law not passed
Report says despite PM’s promises, Haredi draft exemption bill likely to be postponed; out of 10,000 Haredim who received draft orders since July, only 177 have enlisted, IDF says
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, left, chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, February 18, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesman's Office)
February 18, 2025, 9:33 pm
Edelstein: Haredi enlistment bill will include individual sanctions on draft dodgers
‘The effectiveness of the sanctions are what will make this law real or not,’ deputy AG tells key Knesset committee deliberating law
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox men protest against the conscription of Haredim to the IDF in Jerusalem on October 31, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
February 16, 2025, 7:06 pm
Increasing Haredi IDF enlistment requires strong sanctions, Finance Ministry tells MKs
Budget official says conscription effort will only work if those who refuse to serve feel a real pinch in their pocket; Yesh Atid MK Moshe Tur-Paz: Economic sanctions needed now
By Sam Sokol
MK Elazar Stern attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, June 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 6, 2025, 7:48 pm
MK Elazar Stern: Imprisoning the ultra-Orthodox in yeshivas is ‘against Judaism’
‘Everyone should be a soldier,’ former IDF manpower chief tells Times of Israel, calls to provide limited number of service exemptions for top Talmudic scholars
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox students seen at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 31, 2025, 1:15 am
Debating ultra-Orthodox enlistment law, MKs argue how to define who is Haredi
Only 32% of recruits listed as Haredim are actually ultra-Orthodox, Israel Democracy Institute researcher Gilad Malach tells Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
By Sam Sokol
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 28, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 28, 2025, 10:15 pm
IDF chief said to hail approval of ‘painful’ Gaza deal, stress war can resume if needed
In leaked comments from Knesset committee, outgoing IDF chief defends staying on job until now, urges ‘effective sanctions’ against Haredi draft dodgers
By ToI Staff
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs attends a debate on ultra-Orthodox enlistment in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 27, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2025, 9:21 pm
Arresting yeshiva students for draft dodging will backfire, cabinet secretary warns
During debate on enlistment legislation, Fuchs says ‘process that will lead to the Haredim enlisting is a gradual one’ and must involve consensus
By Sam Sokol
Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 22, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 22, 2025, 10:08 pm
Deputy AG: Proposed draft law doesn’t meet IDF’s needs, contravenes High Court ruling
Katz threatens to tank enlistment bill unless it ensures the preservation of the ‘Torah world,’ the network of full-time yeshivas that form the backbone of ultra-Orthodox society
By Sam Sokol
A rocket launcher captured by IDF troops on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a photo published January 22, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
January 22, 2025, 10:07 pm
IDF seizes truce-violating weapons, including rocket launchers, in south Lebanon
Foreign Minister Sa’ar tells UN envoy to Lebanon no compromise on security; strategic affairs minister said to discuss with US security chief extending ceasefire grace period
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) shakes hands with Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein during a committee discussion on the IDF conscription law in the Knesset on January 21, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 21, 2025, 6:07 pm
Edelstein signs declaration calling for mass draft of Haredim, sanctions for dodgers
‘What do you want, 100,000 people in prison?’ Defense Minister Katz asks critics, defending his proposal to only induct half of eligible ultra-Orthodox by 2032
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz and MK Yuli Edelstein discuss ultra-Orthodox conscription at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, January 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 16, 2025, 6:55 pm
Panel head Edelstein rejects Katz plan for gradual increase in Haredi conscription
‘The committee I chair will only issue a law for recruitment in high numbers, with a corresponding increase in the scope of recruitment and sanctions,’ Likud MK declares
By Sam Sokol
Defense Minister Israel Katz (C) attends a discussion on the army conscription law at a Foreign Affairs and Defense committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2025.(Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2025, 5:03 pm
Defense minister aims to begin conscripting 50% of eligible Haredim in seven years
Katz insists legislation can only be advanced in cooperation with ultra-Orthodox leaders, dismisses IDF assessment it can absorb unlimited Haredi recruits starting in 2026
By Sam Sokol
Chairman Yuli Edelstein, right, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, second from right, during a closed meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, December 16, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
January 10, 2025, 3:53 am
Katz to present ultra-Orthodox enlistment proposal at key Knesset committee next week
Opposition member of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee accuses defense minister of seeking to advance ‘evasion law that will please the Haredim and keep them in the coalition’
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against IDF enlistment in Bnei Brak, November 17, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
December 17, 2024, 1:36 am
Katz envisions half of Haredi men eventually enlisting while rest stay in ‘Torah world’
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chair warns against coalition efforts to bypass his panel on ultra-Orthodox conscription issue; Lapid slams bill as ‘a complete sham’
By Sam Sokol
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