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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Movement for Quality Government in Israel

Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators block a road and clash with police during a protest against the Haredi draft, on Route 4, outside the city of Bnei Brak, May 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 27, 2025, 3:25 pm
High Court orders government to explain failure to draft Haredi men despite 2024 ruling
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students yet to be sent military conscription orders, while response rate to such orders is minimal and IDF’s manpower shortage is acute
By Jeremy Sharon
The High Court of Justice hears petitions against the firing of Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in Jerusalem, April 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
April 8, 2025, 9:55 pm
After chaotic hearing, High Court rules Netanyahu can’t fire Shin Bet chief Bar for now
Sides given until April 20 to reach a compromise; disturbances dominated start of 11-hour session, with court forced to remove all protesters, including Likud MK Tally Gotliv
By Jeremy Sharon
(L-R) Democrats chair Yair Golan, National Unity chair Benny Gantz, Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid, and Yisrael Beytenu party Avigdor Liberman hold a joint press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, November 6, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 21, 2025, 12:30 pm
Opposition parties, NGOs petition High Court to intervene in Shin Bet chief’s firing
Lawmakers and several civil society groups allege ‘ulterior motives’ amid probe into Netanyahu aides’ ties to Qatar, pressure for state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7
By ToI Staff
Shas minister Haim Biton attends an Education, Culture, and Sports Committee meeting at the Knesset, on August 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 2:00 pm
Police grill Shas minister for alleged funneling of taxpayer money to party paper
Officers interrogate Haim Biton, arrest four others in connection to alleged transfer of public funds to pay employees’ salaries while minister headed Shas school network
By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from L) poses for a photo with his cabinet at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara is seen in the second row, second from the right. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 1:44 am
Netanyahu says AG ‘abusing’ her authority by opposing Shin Bet chief’s firing
PM denies dismissal meant to thwart probe into aides’ Qatar links; vote on ousting Bar up in the air and may be delayed by weeks after initial plans to move it up to Tuesday
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 9, 2025, 3:47 pm
AG, police silent in face of growing ecosystem of Haredi evasion organizations
‘We regret that law enforcement agencies are de facto condoning criminality on such an important issue,’ says Movement for Quality Government; offense punishable by 15 years in jail
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox students study at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 5, 2025, 2:26 pm
‘Do not cooperate’: Nonprofit linked to top Haredi rabbis encourages draft dodging
Haredim are pushing for coalition funds for Vaad HaYeshivot, which tells yeshiva students to ignore the law in favor of ‘the instructions of the sages’
By Sam Sokol
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage Meir Porush arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 16, 2025, 9:23 pm
Watchdog group demands criminal probe of Haredi party behind anti-enlistment hotline
Movement for Quality Government says Agudat Yisrael promoting draft dodging, assisting Haredim to circumvent order on daycare subsidies for kids of yeshiva students who fail to enlist
By Sam Sokol
United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush attends the Jerusalem Masters 2024 chess event, at Safra Square in Jerusalem, September 26, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 13, 2025, 5:04 pm
Hotline linked to cabinet minister is advising Haredi callers to ignore draft orders
‘You don’t have to do anything, just ignore them,’ assistance center established by Meir Porush tells father of yeshiva student who was instructed to report to IDF
By Sam Sokol
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads an Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2024 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 25, 2024, 7:02 pm
5 ex-employees of Ben Gvir’s office probed for unlawful issuance of gun permits
Far-right minister says investigation is a further attempt by the attorney general to undermine him, accuses her of conducting ‘a coup against democracy’
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 12, 2024, 4:33 pm
Ministers to vote Sunday on extending male mandatory IDF service to 3 years
Government order will effectively cover the next eight years; with ultra-Orthodox exempt from service, watchdog slams decision as ‘scandalous’ and a ‘moral injustice’
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men near a sign reading 'army recruitment office' during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2024, 2:05 pm
In historic ruling, High Court says government must draft Haredi men into IDF
Unanimous decision also says state is barred from financially supporting yeshivas whose students are eligible for the draft, noting, ‘Burden of inequality is more acute than ever’
By Jeremy Sharon
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara arrives at a Jerusalem Day conference at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem, June 5, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 24, 2024, 12:35 am
AG: Levin’s refusal to hold vote on Supreme Court chief ‘extremely unreasonable’
In official position, Baharav-Miara says delay ‘seriously wounds’ judiciary, situation ‘unprecedented’; justice minister says court petitioners trying to override elected officials
By ToI Staff
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman, right, and Ma’alot-Tarshiha Mayor Arkady Pomeranets touring a bomb shelter in the city, October 17, 2023. (Courtesy State Comptroller’s Office)
June 16, 2024, 5:55 pm
High Court orders state comptroller to suspend October 7 probe into IDF, Shin Bet
Justice Gila Canfy-Steinitz says ruling based on classified opinions written by security agencies
By Jeremy Sharon
Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef speaks during a Shas party election rally at the Yazdim synagogue in Jerusalem on February 29, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 11, 2024, 6:45 pm
Watchdog group calls for removal of chief rabbi for politicizing judicial role
Yitzhak Yosef’s statement that Haredim will ‘all move abroad’ if government drafts yeshiva students constitutes misuse of authority, says Movement for Quality Government in Israel
By Sam Sokol
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