Ultra-Orthodox draft
Haredi parties welcome in Eisenkot-led gov't if they accept four principles, Yashar's Meridor says
Yashar MK Shaul Meridor said haredi parties could join an Eisenkot-led emergency government if they accept four principles, including universal service and recognition of Hamas as a terrorist group.
Israel's 26th Knesset has an opportunity to get to work - editorial
NGO seeks ruling on draft-linked tax discounts after Sa’ar appointed interior minister
Shas weighs support for Eisenkot government as haredi parties seek solution to draft crisis
The misconception of a conscription law - opinion
The Jewish people have always valued full-time Torah study above everything else. That dedication has never wavered, and it will not waver now.
IDF faces severe manpower crisis as recently released reservists called back to duty
Senior IDF officials are currently weighing whether to publicly and forcefully raise urgent issues surrounding the manpower crisis, foremost among them a shortage of approximately 15,000 soldiers.
Don’t abandon reservists: Compromises must not allow for haredi draft issue to continue - editorial
Flexibility cannot become a respectable word for abandoning the people whose service makes coalition negotiations possible.
Liberman willing to compromise on haredi IDF draft law, UTJ chairman welcomes 'flexibility'
"It is heartening to see the flexibility displayed by all political players regarding the issue of military conscription," UTJ chairman Yakov Asher said in response to Liberman's announcement.
Netanyahu accuses opposition of hypocrisy over haredi draft law amid coalition talks
Netanyahu accused Eisenkot and the opposition bloc of courting haredi parties despite their previous opposition to legislation regulating haredi military service.
'We do whatever they say': Yeshiva students defer to rabbis over response to IDF draft enforcement
When a group of young men was asked whether some yeshiva students wanted to enlist but refrained because their rabbis forbade it, several agreed, with one answering, “of course.”
'We will get them': Haredi Public Party leader vows to help fill IDF manpower shortage
Moti Leitner says his Haredi Public Party is gaining support despite pressure to withdraw, and insists haredi men who do not study Torah should enlist.
Israel's attorney-general urges High Court to cut benefits for 110,000 draft evaders
Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara urged the High Court to consider restricting tax and transport benefits for draft evaders, citing government inaction and the IDF's urgent manpower needs.
IDF detains 42 Chabad Hassidic draft evaders arriving from New York at Ben-Gurion Airport
Of the 42, 40 expressed willingness to enlist and were found fit for military service, while 2 were found to have dodged the draft for an extended period and were sent directly to a military prison.
Netanyahu: Arrests of haredi draft evaders 'unacceptable,' undermine IDF enlistment efforts
"This is unacceptable. We need to preserve the world of Torah study because it has preserved us," the prime minister told Kol Barama during a Tuesday morning radio interview.
