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Illustrative: Jewish religious women do their national service at the maternity department at a hospital in Jerusalem. October 28, 2010. (Abir Sultan/FLASH90)
May 12, 2019, 5:37 pm
Women from abroad volunteering for national service now have support program
Launched by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Ori will provide lone ‘bnot sherut’ with guidance, social programming, advocacy, a help desk and crisis support
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative photo of religious girls at study. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 14, 2018, 9:12 am
Religious girls protest pressure to join Israeli military
Campaign follows Education Ministry proposal to fund groups that guide religious women who want to join the IDF
By JTA
Joshua Hammerman
May 5, 2017, 3:51 pm
Joshua Hammerman
Let all Jews vote in Israeli elections
He’s worked out almost all the details to unify Israel and the Diaspora — Step 1: Make world Jewry citizens of Israel
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (R) speaks with MK David Bitan at the Knesset, January 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 26, 2017, 6:43 am
Law and behold: The legislation that survived winter in the Knesset
As MKs go on break, here are the bills that passed – from legalizing outposts to lengthening maternity leave – and those that died before they hit the floor
By Marissa Newman
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
Likud MK Amir Ohana attends a Knesset debate on December 28, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 28, 2016, 5:41 pm
Bill barring national service at left-wing NGOs passes first Knesset vote
Likud-proposed legislation comes after Israeli human rights group B’Tselem criticizes Israel’s settlement policy at UN
By Tamar Pileggi
An illustrative photo of then IDF Chief Rabbi Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz, left, with Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef on October 31, 2013 (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash 90)
December 11, 2016, 9:57 pm
Sephardic chief rabbi: Women may not serve in IDF, perform national service
Echoing position by his late father, ex-chief rabbi Ovadiah Yosef, Yitzhak Yosef says mandatory draft, volunteer work forbidden
By TOI staff
Hagai El-Ad, executive director of B'Tselem, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 5, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)
December 11, 2016, 6:04 pm
Ministers back bill barring national service volunteers from B’Tselem
Proposal to head to Knesset for preliminary vote, comes after Israeli human rights groups criticized settlements at UN
By TOI staff
Katarina Abu Akell, a 20-year-old Christian from Kfar Yasif, is one of the many hundreds of young Arabs who have answered the call to join Israel's police force since September, 2016. (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)
November 18, 2016, 6:41 am
To combat rampant crime on their streets, Israeli Arabs heed call to join police
Hundreds of young citizens have joined force in recent weeks, but critics ask why Jewish cops couldn’t get the job done
By Dov Lieber
B'Tselem director Hagai El-Ad. (Screen capture: YouTube)
October 16, 2016, 8:50 am
B’Tselem head: I spoke out against occupation, not Israel, at UN
Defending his speech to Security Council, Hagai El-Ad says control over West Bank ‘isn’t an internal Israeli issue, but a major international issue’
By Raoul Wootliff
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
Dov Lipman
June 3, 2016, 2:45 pm
Dov Lipman
Israel’s silent revolutions
Extremists steal the headlines, but the haredim and Arabs who serve without fanfare are the ones changing society
Soldiers stand guard in front of the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia, during a commemoration ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, on April 24, 2015. (AFP/Kirill Kudryavtsev)
October 22, 2015, 8:12 am
IDF soldier ‘rescued’ after 2 months stuck in Armenia
On a family visit to country of his birth, Arik Martoyan discovered he was drafted under nation’s military service law
By TOI staff
A soldier of the Armenian Defense Ministry's SWAT unit shoots a gun as he takes part in a military exercise outside Armenia's capital Yerevan, October 3, 2015. (AFP/KAREN MINASYAN)
October 7, 2015, 3:21 pm
IDF soldier marooned in Armenia over military service
Arik Martoyan, who has Armenian citizenship, prevented from leaving the country because he is eligible for local draft
By Stuart Winer
Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri (right) speaks with United Torah Judaism leader MK Yaakov Litzman (left) during the opening session of the 20th Knesset, March 31, 2015. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 5, 2015, 9:11 pm
Ultra-Orthodox parties aim to roll back religious reform
Back in power, Haredi parties hope to revoke legislation on national service, conversions, and education
By Ben Sales
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