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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

ultra-Orthodox parties

United Torah Judaism MK Ya'akov Tessler sits in the Knesset plenum, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 14, 2025, 7:38 pm
Coalition bills removed from agenda as Haredi boycott continues for second week
Ultra-Orthodox parties pressuring Netanyahu to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service, threaten to bring down the coalition
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Abergel. (YouTube screenshot)
May 12, 2025, 9:01 pm
Renegade Shas rabbi to establish new party that supports Haredi conscription
Rabbi Haim Yosef Abergel, who has challenged the ultra-Orthodox Sephardi party at the local level, advocates for Haredim to serve in military and study core subjects at school
By Sam Sokol
Haredi Jews protest and clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews to the Israeli army, Jerusalem, May 5, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 11, 2025, 2:35 pm
Daily Briefing May 11: Day 583 – Is coalition really in danger over Haredi draft bill?
Political reporter Sam Sokol on Haredi parties’ dilemma as public loses patience with lack of enlistment; reporter Sue Surkes on two initiatives to boost Negev security and welfare
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Sam Sokol and Sue Surkes
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against being drafted to the army, in Jerusalem, May 5, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 9:47 am
Ultra-Orthodox incensed as IDF chief orders boost in community’s conscription
Citing war developments, Eyal Zamir tells army to ‘expand and maximize’ draft notices; push reportedly aimed at up to 80,000 young men; DM Katz said to have been unaware of the order
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Knesset Finance Committee chair Moshe Gafni (3rd from left) and other ultra-Orthodox lawmakers pictured in the Knesset as the 2025 state budget law is passed, March 25, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
May 5, 2025, 11:07 pm
Haredi parties to boycott government votes over failure to pass IDF exemption law
Ultra-Orthodox MK warns that if legislation doesn’t pass during current Knesset session, ‘we will have a very big problem sitting in such a government’
By Sam Sokol
Yisrael Beytenu party chairman MK Avigdor Liberman (left) leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90); Rabbi Dov Lando seen during a meeting to discuss the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews, in Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 12:30 am
With only 2% of Haredim heeding IDF draft orders, Liberman urges action against leaders
Opposition MK accuses senior ultra-Orthodox Rabbis Dov Lando and Yitzhak Yosef of promoting evasion during wartime, a crime punishable by 15 years in prison
By Sam Sokol
Rabbi Dov Lando seen at his home in Bnei Brak, on February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 30, 2025, 6:42 pm
Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi orders yeshiva students to ignore IDF conscription orders
In letter published on front page of party newspaper Yated Neeman, Degel HaTorah spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando prohibits yeshiva students from reporting to recruiting office
By Sam Sokol
Housing Minister Yitzchak Goldknopf dances with other attendants at his nephew's wedding, March 23, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 24, 2025, 6:23 am
Haredi minister dances to anti-Zionist, anti-IDF song, draws bipartisan calls to fire him
Yitzchak Goldknopf filmed among crowd singing ‘We will die and not enlist [to the IDF]’; he apologizes after initially dismissing criticism as ‘incitement’; PM praises disavowal
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, center, flanked by his security detail, approaches the entrance to the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
August 14, 2024, 7:15 pm
Haredi parties mull bolting coalition as Ben Gvir pushes Jewish prayer on Temple Mount
Paper aligned with UTJ urges MKs to reconsider place in government, claiming far-right minister’s visit to flashpoint site ‘endangers Jewish lives,’ goes against halachic ruling
By ToI Staff
Heavy traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 7:58 pm
Massive traffic as central Israel highway closes for 24 hours under Haredi pressure
Major project to install pedestrian bridge over Ayalon Highway carried out overnight Thursday-Friday as ultra-Orthodox prevent work on weekend, which would violate Shabbat
By Stuart Winer
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and youth raise placards during a protest against Israeli army conscription outside an army recruitment office in Jerusalem on April 11, 2024. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
May 1, 2024, 6:31 pm
Government tells court Haredi enlistment plan being drawn up, but more time needed
State says plan will include immediate conscription of at least some ultra-Orthodox men, is accused of continuing to drag feet on combustible issue
By Jeremy Sharon
Knesset Member Aryeh Deri looks at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote on the state budget at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
April 18, 2024, 2:58 pm
Aryeh Deri says Israel should listen to the US. So why isn’t the US listening to him?
Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, seems to lead the government’s most moderate faction; US officials should use him to influence Netanyahu
By Tal Schneider
Illustrative: Haredi students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 28, 2024, 11:42 pm
In ‘historic’ step, High Court orders halt to yeshiva funds for students eligible for draft
Attorney General tells court army will be obligated to begin drafting Haredi men on April 1; judges shoot down PM’s request for 30 more days to settle matter
By Jeremy Sharon
Ballots ahead of the Jerusalem municipal elections, at a warehouse in Jerusalem on February 22, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 29, 2024, 10:27 am
Despite spin, municipal elections unlikely to predict national political trends
Parties across the spectrum rush to boast of ‘growing power,’ but experts say few conclusions can be drawn nationally: ‘At the end of the day, local politics is local politics’
By Sam Sokol
Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Heritage Meir Porush arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2023, 7:09 pm
UTJ minister criticized for lobbying for son’s election the day after Oct. 7 attack
Party spokesman acknowledges Meir Porush sent letter seeking support on Oct. 8, but rejects claims ‘his political activity continued in full force’ as ‘a complete lie’
By Sam Sokol
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