Protests over military conscription highlight the rising tensions surrounding a court order overturning a decades-long exemption for the religious community.
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What the Court’s Ruling on Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Means for Israel
Israel’s insular ultra-Orthodox community has long been exempt from military service. The Supreme Court’s decision to end that exemption could change the country’s social and political dynamics.
What the Court’s Ruling on Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Means for Israel
Israel’s insular ultra-Orthodox community has long been exempt from military service. The Supreme Court’s decision to end that exemption could change the country’s social and political dynamics.
Israel’s Supreme Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Jews Must Be Drafted Into Military
The court ruled there was no legal justification for the ultra-Orthodox exemption from service, a decision that threatened to split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wartime government.
Israel’s Parliament Revives Bill on Drafting Ultra-Orthodox Men Into Military
The vote was aimed at keeping the divisive issue in the hands of legislators instead of judges, who have repeatedly determined that an exemption should not stand.
In a City of Ancient Jewish Mysticism, Israelis Arm for a Fight
In Safed, a center of kabbalah, ordinary citizens shocked by the Oct. 7 attacks are carrying military-grade weapons.
Netanyahu Faces Growing Pressure From All Sides
The prime minister is being pulled in opposing directions by his coalition partners, Israeli public opinion and allies abroad, with the war in Gaza and his political future in the balance.
Dispute in Israel Over Drafting Ultra-Orthodox Jews Threatens Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet is divided about whether ultra-Orthodox Jews should be required to join the Israeli army.
Gaza War Is Shifting Ties Between Secular and Ultra-Orthodox Israelis
Israel’s Haredi minority has long lived apart from the nation’s mainstream, but fighting has both widened that divide and in some ways helped to bridge it.
They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn’t Prepare Them for Oct. 7
Volunteers with ZAKA, an Israeli group that recovers dead bodies, were among the first to reach the victims of the Hamas-led attacks. The trauma of what they witnessed may last a lifetime.