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United Torah Judaism MK Meir Porush handcuffs himself to the microphone on the lectern in the Knesset plenum, during a speech about efforts to draft Haredim, on Tuesday, July 23, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
July 23, 2013, 6:49 am
Haredi MKs mourn as draft bill passes first reading
Knesset approves measure to enlist ultra-Orthodox by 64-21 vote; religious opponents recite psalms, blow ram’s horn, tear garments
By Ilan Ben Zion
Illustrative photo of soldiers from Nahal Haredi, an ultra-Orthodox battalion in the Israel Defense Forces (Abir Sultan/Flash90, File)
July 7, 2013, 1:18 pm
Ministers approve new universal conscription law
Bill passes 14-0, with four abstentions, before heading to Knesset; mandates military or civil service enlistment for most ultra-Orthodox by 2017
By Aaron Kalman
Illustrative photo of buildings damaged by Syrian government airstrikes and shelling, in the Jouret al-Chiyah neighborhood of Homs, Syria, in July 2013. (photo credit: AP/Lens Young Homsi)
July 7, 2013, 12:22 pm
Briefly, back to Syria
Mysterious explosions at Assad’s strategic port city draw attention away from Egyptian violence, but not for long
By Aaron Kalman
Jamal Zahalke (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 9, 2013, 6:18 pm
Balad MK: Arabs doing national service will be shunned
Parliamentarian Jamal Zahalke warns that Israeli-Arab youth serving the state will not find spouses
By Lazar Berman
Rachel Azaria
May 30, 2013, 3:12 pm
Rachel Azaria
How not to draft the ultra-Orthodox
The Peri Committee plan, rooted in blithe ignorance of the Haredi reality, is a recipe for utter failure
Soldiers practice dealing with a non-conventional attack, Wednesday (photo credit: David Katz/The Israel Project)
May 29, 2013, 1:41 pm
Benched by Syria
The idea that Israel is a bit player in a greater game up north is driven home as Russia confirms it is going ahead with an advanced weapons sale
By Joshua Davidovich
Yaakov Peri (left) and Yair Lapid at the Knesset (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2013, 1:12 pm
Lapid hails new conscription bill as ‘historic change’
Yesh Atid head tells ultra-Orthodox Israelis that no one is seeking to turn them into secular Jews, but they have to pull their weight; Amir Peretz says law won’t survive court appeals
By Aaron Kalman and ToI Staff
Ya'akov Peri (center) and members of the Peri commission (photo credit: Ohad Zweigenberg/POOL/Flash90)
May 29, 2013, 10:49 am
Ministers approve sanctions against draft dodgers
Following mini-crisis, Peri Committee votes in favor of pressing criminal charges against ultra-Orthodox army evaders
By Aaron Kalman and ToI Staff
The Peri Committee meeting on Sunday. (photo credit: Ohad Zweigenberg/POOL/Flash90)
May 29, 2013, 5:27 am
Crisis defused, panel to take second crack at new Haredi draft rules
Peri Committee will meet on Wednesday to pass ultra-Orthodox conscription proposal, after PM tells defense minister to back off opposition
By ToI Staff
A schoolgirl waits in a shelter on Monday as an air raid siren sounds during an IDF Home Front Command drill simulating a bombing attack (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2013, 3:03 pm
Sounding the alarm
Draft bill threatens to break up the coalition; IDF warns of drastic training cuts; and the police pay a ‘negligence tax’
By Yossi Nachemi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, February 2013 (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Flash90)
May 27, 2013, 10:56 pm
Crisis averted as Netanyahu tells Ya’alon to back down on draft bill
PM tells Defense Minister Ya’alon to drop opposition to automatic criminal penalties for ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Yair Lapid speaking at the Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on Monday May 27, 2013 (photo credit: screen capture/Knesset channel)
May 27, 2013, 5:07 pm
Lapid threatens to bring down coalition over draft rules
Finance minister says party will leave government if ultra-Orthodox conscription plan not passed; PM reportedly tells defense minister to drop opposition
By Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of bearded religious soldiers. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 27, 2013, 12:00 pm
Yesh Atid threatens coalition over Haredi draft dispute
Yair Lapid’s party insists that shirkers face prosecution, while Likud wants to keep individual sanctions out of the legislation
By ToI Staff
Yaakov Peri visiting religious soldiers in April. (photo credit: Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 27, 2013, 3:10 am
Panel at loggerheads over penalties on draft dodgers
Late-night meeting ends after ministers Yaakov Peri and Moshe Ya’alon unable to come to terms on sanctions for ultra-Orthodox who refuse to serve
By ToI Staff
Moshe Ya'alon (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
May 26, 2013, 8:09 pm
Defense minister opposes sanctions on draft dodgers
Ahead of committee vote on universal conscription, three ministers against criminal prosecution of noncompliant yeshiva heads
By ToI Staff
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