Haredi draft
IDF considers recruiting from Diaspora due to severe manpower shortages
Currently, there are some 14,600 deserters from the haredi community. The military has made several arrests against haredi draft dodgers over the past week.
Military announces new, last-ditch plan to re-enlist draft-dodgers
Netanyahu an ‘atheist,’ former chief rabbi says, accusing IDF of targeting Sephardim
Netanyahu to Border Police haredi unit: Torah study, military service 'not contradictory'
Haredi men tear IDF conscription letters, police launch investigation
The postal worker noted that the same men continued to follow him as he was delivering mail in the area.
‘We want a draft law’: Bismuth leads first meeting on new conscription bill since Edelstein ousting
MK Boaz Bismuth opened the first meeting to discuss the haredi draft law since replacing MK Yuli Edelstein as Chairperson of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
Bennett slams Deri over haredi draft dodging comments, Shas calls them 'false accusations'
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett slammed MK Arye Deri over comments on haredi conscription.
Jerusalem Faction plan to shut down Ben-Gurion Airport to protest haredi draft - report
The protest is in response to the continued arrest of ultra-Orthodox (haredi) men for dodging the draft and refusing to serve in the IDF.
A-G Baharav-Miara: No escaping addt'l draft callups after Gaza expansion
The government's expanded draft order would be for 430,000 reservists and will be in effect until November 30, 2025
International yeshiva students answer IDF's call as Har Etzion breaks records
This week, 32 overseas students from the prestigious yeshiva will be drafting into the IDF alongside their Israeli peers – the highest number in the yeshiva’s 56-year history.
IDF head Zamir has noticed soldiers' mental toll, the Security Cabinet needs to as well - editorial
The mental health of IDF soldiers has severely declined over the course of the war, and the government and IDF must act accordingly and not take them for granted.
Highway 4 opens to traffic following Haredi protests over IDF draft arrest
The demonstrations come amid heightened tensions surrounding the state’s policies on military conscription and ongoing failures in the rehabilitation of wounded veterans.
Peleg Yerushalmi to hold protest, raffle for IDF draft dodgers
A flyer distributed ahead of the protest invites eligible participants to bring their draft notices and register at the event in order to enter the raffle.
'Israel has declared war on Torah scholars': Haredi leaders call for global protest
"The State of Israel has declared war on Torah scholars. The Haredi community will launch a global battle like no other,” the leaders of the Haredi community said.
Future of haredi draft law to shift as new FADC chair Bismuth calls for 'new path'
The draft of the law set graduated conscription targets for yeshiva students over five years, with a gradual annual conscription requirement.
