Enlistment law
Torah with social responsibility: Choosing action over exemption - opinion
When it comes to the army enlistment crisis, ultra-Orthodox leaders show a detached interpretation of Torah that distances it from practical life.
Katz rejects proposal to extend yeshiva students’ military service
Gallant: Ultra-Orthodox draft bill agreements stuck at 80%, Gantz disappointing
IDF induction stats show situation less dire than presented - analysis
French-born Chabad rabbi ‘stuck’ in Israel by IDF for not enlisting
He was detained when he asked to leave the country at the end of a vacation in August with his wife and daughter. The case was publicized by Kol Barama radio journalist Mendi Rizel.
Russia forcibly enlisting the homeless, illegal migrant workers - report
Since Putin's announcement of partial mobilization, dozens of homeless people have been taken to recruitment offices, according to local sources.
Is there justification in Judaism to exempt haredim from the IDF?
While the government seems rightly more focused on integrating haredi citizens into the workforce, it will remain hard to avoid the draft issue
IDF: Ultra-Orthodox enlistment numbers wrong due to technicalities
Senior IDF officials explain discrepancies in figures provided for ultra-Orthodox enlistment during Knesset committee hearing.
Open sore of ultra-Orthodox enlistment not improving - analysis
The law defined as ultra-Orthodox any man who from between the ages of 14 and 18 studied for at least two years in an ultra-Orthodox educational institution.
Lapid: All citizens with the same rights should have the same obligations
Bennett’s haredi enlistment plan panned as ‘law for draft evasion’
MK Elazar Stern: Why would the ultra-Orthodox volunteer for the IDF at 21 when they could go and study or go to work?
Place haredi civilian recruits in state security agencies, says NGO
A report by the Israel Democracy Institute has highlighted severe failings in the Civilian Service program which haredi men can join in lieu of army service.
UTJ Gafni threatens elections if enlistment law not moderated
“I’m fed up with listening to Liberman’s threats. I’m not worried if there won’t be a coalition, we’ll go to elections again,” the UTJ MK warned.
Gov't requests third extension from High Court for haredi enlistment law
The High Court struck down the previous arrangement allowing for blanket military service exemptions for haredi men in September 2017 as discriminatory against the non-haredi Jewish population.
Lapid shuns draft bill, possibly forcing elections
Coalition heads meeting to take place at 1 p.m.
