The growing threat to Israeli constitutional democracy
The Supreme Court has ruled blanket draft exemption for haredim as unconstitutional and the clock the court set has been ticking for legislation to be passed that it deems constitutional.
An ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jewish man walks past Israeli soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Haredi infantry battalion during their swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem(photo credit: AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS)BySHULAMIT S. MAGNUS
