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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

ultra-Orthodox soldiers

A Haredi draftee is received by a soldier at the Tel Hashomer base in central Israel, August 6, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 22, 2024, 2:32 am
IDF: Only some 70 Haredi men have reported to induction centers since High Court ruling
Landmark decision in June declared there is no legal basis to excuse ultra-Orthodox from compulsory service, but less than three percent of 3,000 drafted have so far cooperated
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: The hesder yeshiva in the Itamar settlement in the West Bank, May 2, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
August 19, 2024, 5:50 pm
Report: Gallant approved 7 new ‘hesder’ yeshivas for ultra-Orthodox soldiers
Decision to launch more Haredi establishments that combine military service with Torah studies comes amid bitter dispute over High Court mandating yeshiva students’ enlistment
By ToI Staff
Iran's acting foreign minister Ali Bagheri (L) welcomes his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi ahead of their meeting in Tehran on August 4, 2024. (AFP)
August 8, 2024, 1:52 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 8: Day 307 – Who is on ‘Team Israel’ as the waiting game continues
Editor David Horovitz weighs in on the diplomatic efforts to contain a potential Iran strike, discusses the need for dialogue to solve the issue of universal conscription
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox extremists block Route 4 during a protest against the drafting of Haredi men to the IDF, outside of Bnei Brak, August 1, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
August 2, 2024, 2:28 am
Extremist Haredi protesters block highway for 3 hours to decry enlistment to IDF
Demonstrators sit on Route 4, near Bnei Brak, chanting, ‘We will die and not enlist’ and berating ultra-Orthodox cop: ‘You enlisted to the Zionists? Better join Hamas’
By ToI Staff
Rabbi Dov Lando attends a meeting to discuss the enlistment of ultra-Orthodox Jews in the military, Bnei Brak, April 5, 2024. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
July 11, 2024, 11:48 am
Top rabbis order yeshiva students to ignore IDF call-ups amid brewing coalition crisis
Haredi parties escalate threats to bolt government if Netanyahu fails to pass ultra-Orthodox draft exemption law within weeks; Lapid demands PM condemn calls for refusal
By ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men near a sign reading 'army recruitment office' during a protest against the drafting of Haredim to the military, in Jerusalem, May 1, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2024, 8:21 pm
Defense minister says IDF will start drafting ultra-Orthodox men next month
Move comes after last month’s landmark High Court of Justice ruling that there is no legal basis to not conscript Haredi men
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Haredi students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 8:59 pm
IDF requests work history of Haredi men in apparent bid to target recruits
In its effort to identify which yeshiva students to draft, the military may be looking for men who work illegally despite their army service exemptions for Torah study
By Jeremy Sharon
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers from the Hetz (Arrow) Company of the IDF's Paratrooper Brigade. (Courtesy of the Israel Defense Forces)
July 1, 2024, 3:58 am
The army must soon begin enlisting ultra-Orthodox men. How will that work?
IDF’s main options include a lottery to draft thousands of yeshiva students from Haredi mainstream, likely sparking major backlash, or to conscript from margins of the community
By Jeremy Sharon
Ultra-Orthodox students at the Ponovitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 28, 2024, 1:57 am
Government seeks 11th hour-High Court extension to avoid mandatory Haredi conscription
State requests 12 more hours to respond to petitions, minutes after AG issues bombshell notice that authorities will be obligated within days to draft ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students
By Jeremy Sharon
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox men after clashes during a protest outside the army recruitment office in Jerusalem, as a group of soldiers stands behind them, March 4, 2024 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 27, 2024, 11:37 am
‘We prefer dying to serving in the IDF’: Israel in battle over Haredi conscription
As troops fight in Gaza and are stationed on the northern border, a third battleground is taking shape over drafting the ultra-Orthodox, an issue that could bring down the coalition
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men at the IDF recruiting offices in Tel Hashomer, near Tel Aviv, October 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 31, 2023, 1:22 am
Israel’s war spurs thousands of Haredi Israelis to volunteer, cook and serve in the IDF
Though they often eschew the military due to strict religious observance, many ultra-Orthodox are starting to believe the current battle is an existential one for the Jewish nation
By Eliyahu Freedman
Israelis attend a protest against military service exemptions for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students and the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Kol Torah yeshiva in Jerusalem, May 4, 2023. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 25, 2023, 8:38 pm
Cabinet shields Haredi youth from military draft, 5 days before exemption law expiry
Defense minister will order the military not to enforce conscription of religious scholars until March 31, 2024, by which time the government plans to have passed a new law
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers stand on the stage at a Memorial Day service for fallen Haredi soldiers in Jerusalem, April 24, 2023. (Chaim Tovito)
April 25, 2023, 3:48 pm
‘Glorious legacy’: Over 1,200 attend Memorial Day ceremony for fallen Haredi troops
Ministers, politicians, religious and military officials join bereaved families in Jerusalem to remember ultra-Orthodox soldiers of the IDF’s Haredi battalions
By Michael Horovitz
File: Police use a water cannon to disperse a protest against the arrest of a yeshiva student who failed to comply with an IDF conscription order, at the entrance to Jerusalem, on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2023, 11:16 am
How to heal a rift: Don’t exclude Haredim from IDF; include them in national service
As with the judicial overhaul, the looming tragedy of an ultra-Orthodox exemption law is exacerbated by the fact that a win-win alternative is staring our legislators in the face
By David Horovitz
A group of ultra-Orthodox protesters attempt to enter a cultural hall in Jerusalem where ultra-Orthodox are holding a Hanukkah candle-lighting event, December 25, 2022. (Screenshot: Twitter)
December 26, 2022, 2:14 pm
Haredi soldiers accosted by ultra-Orthodox protesters at Hanukkah candle-lighting
Over a dozen demonstrate against event in Jerusalem social hall; organizer says ‘sad to see a handful of extremists’ attempt to disrupt gathering
By Emanuel Fabian
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