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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

universal conscription

An ultra-Orthodox man walks by photographs of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, posted in Tel Aviv. December 21, 2023. (Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 29, 2025, 4:53 pm
The Haredim are now advocating for the hostages – too little, too late, too selfish
After 15 months of indifference, ultra-Orthodox politicians are now demanding that the hostage-ceasefire deal be implemented in full. They have a wider agenda
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Illustrative: An IDF soldier walks among Haredi Jewish men during a protest against a potential new draft law that they fear could end their exemptions from military service in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
December 27, 2024, 9:09 pm
As coalition falls into line, law maintaining Haredi exemption from IDF service will pass
Defense Minister Katz is working tirelessly to ensure majority support for a law to keep most ultra-Orthodox males out of the army, and keep the ultra-Orthodox parties in government
By Shalom Yerushalmi
The interception of a Houthi missile over Tel Aviv on December 24, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
December 24, 2024, 4:52 am
Israel intercepts Houthi missile as sirens wail across central Israel
No reports of injuries due to falling fragments, though woman in serious condition after falling while running to shelter; Houthis say attacks will continue until Gaza war ends
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a faction meeting of his Yesh Atid party at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 23 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 23, 2024, 10:49 pm
Lapid accuses Katz of buying Haredi vote for budget with secret IDF draft proposal
Opposition leader calls on defense minister to reveal the document, which he says guarantees no ultra-Orthodox men will be enlisted into the army
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz leads a faction meeting of the party at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on December 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
December 23, 2024, 8:55 pm
Gantz says Israel must directly target Iran to deter ongoing Houthi attacks
National Unity leader also calls for regional nations, US to partner with Israel to remove threat of nuclear Iranian regime
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
A member of the Haredi community near a protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews outside an IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 6:19 pm
Haredim in favor of IDF service insist only carrots, not sticks, will draw more recruits
As the military issues the first of 7,000 new conscription notices, communal leaders say soldiers coerced into service are liabilities: ‘They would be destroyed in Lebanon or Gaza’
By Mati Wagner
Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach, 1990. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
November 19, 2024, 6:43 pm
Thousands are flocking to the grave of a Haredi leader. His former aide says he’d hate it
On the anniversary of Rabbi Elazar Shach’s death, his burial place has become a prayer hub where adherents denounce newly issued military draft orders for Haredim
By Mati Wagner
Damage caused to vehicles and buildings from a missile fired from Lebanon on November 16, 2024, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, photographed on November 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 17, 2024, 2:45 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 17: Day 408 – IDF signals northern residents may soon be cleared to return
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian updates us on the ongoing wars in Gaza and Lebanon and discusses mildly encouraging news surrounding the push for Haredi enlistment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An IDF soldier walks among Haredi Jewish men during a protest against a potential new draft law that they fear could end their exemptions from military service in Jerusalem, October 31, 2024. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 15, 2024, 9:03 am
What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Rising resentment as Haredi men refuse draft
Speaking about one of the most divisive issues facing Israeli society, ToI’s senior analyst offers perspective — and a potential way out of the problem
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Haredi man looks at Israeli soldiers gathered at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, March 14, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 5, 2024, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 5: Day 396 – Haredi daycare subsidies crack coalition discipline
David Horovitz on how Israelis would vote in US elections, updates on alleged ‘systematic’ intel theft and leaks, and how ‘antagonistic’ relationship between PM and AG plays out
By ToI Staff
A man stands in front of burnt cars, a day after an attack by Jewish settlers on the village of Jit near Nablus in the occupied West Bank that left a 23-year-old man dead and others with critical gunshot wounds, on August 16, 2024. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP)
August 22, 2024, 4:03 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 22: Day 321 – 4 Jewish Israelis suspected of terror over Jit rampage
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian weighs in on the IDF’s center of gravity shifting northward, and manpower shortage as only 70 Haredi young men report for duty out of 1,000 called
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
Palestinians inspect the damage at a site hit by an Israeli operation targeting Hamas's shadowy military commander Mohammad Deif in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
July 14, 2024, 1:18 pm
Daily Briefing July 14: Day 282 – Inside the IDF op targeting an Oct. 7 mastermind
Military reporter Emanuel Fabian breaks down the strike on Muhammad Deif, updates us on battles in Gaza and discusses a lengthening of mandatory service as Haredi draft set to begin
By ToI Staff
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state memorial ceremony for victims of terror at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, May 13, 2024 (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
May 17, 2024, 12:57 pm
Daily Briefing May 17, Day 224: PM faces crises on post-Gaza plans, Haredi draft
Political reporter Sam Sokol on the political pressures felt by Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding who will run the Strip after the war, as well as ultra-Orthodox military service
By ToI Staff
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