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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

National Service Administration

Illustrative: People wearing face masks at the Ben Gurion International Airport on March 10, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
March 12, 2020, 5:59 am
2,000 Israeli national service women to return from overseas amid virus outbreak
As alternative to serving in military, many post-high school Orthodox girls perform civic duties, including working with Jewish schools abroad; move taken to ensure their safety
By PHILISSA CRAMER and Ben Harris
Joint (Arab) List MKs Ayman Odeh (left), Masud Ghnaim (center) and Jamal Zahalqsa (right) attend a conference on volunteerism in Kfar Qassem on March 4, 2017. (Courtesy)
March 8, 2017, 4:20 am
In first, Arab Israeli leaders back nationwide volunteer program
Joint List MKs give their blessing to volunteerism initiative that is not connected to the army or government, but puts local Arab councils in charge
By Dov Lieber
Bara’a Abed, a 20-year-old from East Jerusalem. She is part of a growing trend of Arabs joining Israel's national service. (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)
August 15, 2016, 3:06 pm
More Arab Israelis join national service, discovering state benefits, patriotism
East Jerusalem non-citizens also secretly volunteering with 85% of participants said to get good jobs afterwards
By Dov Lieber
B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 1, 2014, 2:17 am
Ban on B’Tselem national service lifted
Deputy attorney general says there is no evidence against human rights group
By Marissa Newman
B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 17, 2014, 5:24 pm
Ministry blocks ban on B’Tselem national service
Move comes after governing body for volunteers blacklisted left-leaning rights organization
By Marissa Newman
Feras Abu Inil, 13, walks past an apartment block in the northern Gaza strip that was all but destroyed in four weeks of clashes between Israel and Hamas, Wednesday, August 13, 2014. (photo credit: Roberto Schmidt/AFP)
August 14, 2014, 4:25 pm
Lefty NGO B’Tselem blacklisted from national service
Administrator says decision follows human rights group’s criticism of IDF, Israel
By Yifa Yaakov
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men wait for a discussion about the draft with Israel's Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and the Head of the National Service Administration Sar-Shalom Jerby, not pictured, in the Yad Sara building in Jerusalem, on June 11, 2013 (photo credit: Zuzana Janku/Flash90)
March 11, 2014, 6:15 pm
Elite national service track for Haredi recruits unveiled
‘Security-civilian’ program will offer higher wages to ultra-Orthodox serving in the Mossad, Shin Bet and other services
By Marissa Newman
(Illustrative) Young Arab girls seen studying during a lesson in an East Jerusalem elementary school, December 13, 2011. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/FLASH90)
July 28, 2013, 11:43 am
Arab school principals ‘obstructing national service’
Students who volunteer to work in state-backed program face strong opposition, report says
By Stuart Winer
January 7, 2013, 12:22 pm
Shas spiritual leader calls on Haredim to emigrate rather than join army
‘We are surrounded by haters,’ says former chief rabbi Ovadia Yosef, referring to those who want to draft yeshiva students
By Asher Zeiger
Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid political party, leaves the High Court in Jerusalem after filing a petition to halt the Israeli government’s decision to substitute national service for military service for 1,300 members of the ultra Orthodox Jewish community. December 10, 2012. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 10, 2012, 2:50 pm
Lapid petitions High Court to stop ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions
Yesh Atid head calls move to allow 1,300 Haredi men to perform national service instead of army stint a ‘scandal’ and an attempt to circumvent the law
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid chair Yair Lapid at his party's convention, December 2012 (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
December 9, 2012, 11:53 pm
Lapid says he’ll go to court to stop ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions
Yesh Atid head calls move to allow 1,300 Haredi men to serve national service a ‘scandal’
By Philip Podolsky and Asher Zeiger
Ultra-Orthodox men receiving information at their civil service orientation in Jerusalem in July 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash 90)
December 9, 2012, 11:46 am
Cabinet approves draft of 1,300 ultra-Orthodox into civil service
Critics slam ‘expedient’ solution to thorny issue of Haredim in the military
By Asher Zeiger
People swim in two freshwater pools that rest under a large waterfall of the Nahal Zavitan. (Phil Sussman/Flash90)
August 2, 2012, 5:49 pm
Young woman dies while hiking in the Golan
National Service volunteer collapses from the extreme heat at the Zavitan River
By Asher Zeiger
Ultra-Orthodox men receiving information at their civil service orientation in Jerusalem in July 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash 90)
July 5, 2012, 8:24 pm
As nation haggles over universal draft, civilian corps sees dramatic rise in Haredi volunteers
Numbers of ultra-Orthodox joining civilian service have been on the rise since the Tal Law was struck down
By Asher Zeiger
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