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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Plesner committee

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
Ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem protest intention to draft them in July 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 3, 2013, 6:38 pm
3,000 ultra-Orthodox receive IDF draft notices, to be called up by August
Head of manpower in the army says 2013 the first year in which Haredi draftees number in the thousands
By Asher Zeiger
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
New recruits being inducted at a base in Beersheba in July 2012. (photo credit: Dudu Grunshpan/Flash90)
July 31, 2012, 8:30 pm
Tal Law expiration won’t bring immediate sea change in Haredi draft
Defense minister gives army 30 days to find temporary solution to drafting ultra-Orthodox, until Knesset legislates permanent Tal Law replacement
By Asher Zeiger
Ultra-Orthodox men in Jerusalem protest intention to draft them in July 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 31, 2012, 7:40 pm
As government fails on universal conscription, civil society springs into action
NGOs launch symbolic protests and legal appeals to push conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews. Tal Law, exempting tens of thousands of Haredim from military service, lapses Wednesday
By Elhanan Miller
Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz speaking at a press conference at the party's headquarters July 17, 2012. (photo credit: Flash90)
July 23, 2012, 12:36 pm
Mofaz bids to boot out four Kadima MKs who wanted to join the Likud
Opposition leader accuses Netanyahu of ‘political bribery’ after plan to split Kadima fails, says renegade MKs should be ashamed of themselves
By Yoel Goldman and Ron Friedman
July 23, 2012, 11:54 am
Kadima split fails as MKs get cold feet
After night of political maneuvering, only 4 out of 7 MKs needed for break-off were prepared to leave
By Philip Podolsky, Yoel Goldman and Ron Friedman
July 23, 2012, 8:15 am
Kadima split in question after night of political maneuvers
7 MKs needed for move to go through but so far only 5 have announced they are quitting the party
By Philip Podolsky and Yoel Goldman
July 22, 2012, 9:38 pm
Kadima members ready to rejoin coalition in exchange for ministerial posts
Returning MKs promise to vote with Netanyahu on upcoming draft legislation and 2013 budget
By Philip Podolsky and Yoel Goldman
MK Avi Dichter in February (photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)
July 22, 2012, 12:55 pm
Renegade Kadima members meet with Likud over conscription plan
MKs bypass Shaul Mofaz, meet with vice premier Ya’alon
By Aaron Kalman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz deliver a joint press conference at the Knesset on May 8, announcing Kadima's entry into the governing coalition. For many pundits, entering the Netanyahu government was Mofaz's fatal mistake. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 17, 2012, 9:03 pm
Whatever became of the national interest?
Netanyahu and Mofaz really did have a rare opportunity to correct a historic inequality on conscription. Predictably, they blew it
By David Horovitz
Reuven Rivlin (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 15, 2012, 9:32 pm
Knesset speaker: new universal draft law only after elections
Sources suggest deepening crisis between Netanyahu and Mofaz, predict January elections
By Philip Podolsky and Aaron Kalman
MK Michael Ben Ari (third from left) and right wing activist Baruch Marzel (second from left) at a Tel Aviv protest in 2011 (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash 90)
July 15, 2012, 8:37 pm
Right-wing activists demonstrate in Nazareth for universal draft
Baruch Marzel tells local Arabs ‘We’re here to open a military recruitment office’
By Asher Zeiger
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox at recent prayer rally in Jerusalem in opposition to the government's plan to draft yeshiva students into military and national service (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 14, 2012, 4:40 pm
Steinitz says ultra-Orthodox enlistment important, but participation in the workforce crucial
MK Yohanan Plesner warns that IDF will collapse if Netanyahu gives up on universal service initiative
By Michal Shmulovich
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