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Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel resigned from the government after voting against the law
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Rabbi Aryeh Yazdi cursed Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir at a Bnei Brak rally against military conscription, drawing rebukes from President Herzog, PM Netanyahu, and opposition leaders
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433 Haredi recruits joined across a range of roles, including a record 272 combat soldiers, in what the military says is a roughly 24% increase over the same cycle last year
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The coalition's own dissolution bill passed 110-0. The move comes after ultra-Orthodox parties withdrew support from Netanyahu over a stalled military draft exemption law
Orthodox protesters opposed to the arrest of yeshiva students who evaded conscription have once again gathered in front of the chief of the military police's residence.
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Demonstrators block roads in Kiryat Ono and gather outside Jerusalem recruitment offices; one arrested for public disturbance
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Assaulted, a Torah teacher assigned to the brigade lost consciousness
Prime Minister Netanyahu unexpectedly canceled his statement about the law "due to scheduling constraints" as Bennett said in a statement, "A complete political bluff"
Two MKs from the Religious Zionism party announced their opposition to the current version as the debate was opened by Israel's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
Ben-Tzur was assaulted by Ultra-Orthodox anti-draft protesters for takiing part in advancing a bill to regulate military conscription for yeshiva students
A teen fell to his death from a high building during the demonstrations | Thousands took to the streets in what was described more as a 'prayer rally' than a protest
The parties consider the army draft of ultra-Orthodox men an immediate threat • Meanwhile, the Knesset approved an emergency recruitment of additional reservists, supported by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers
In a letter sent to the Defense Minister, Gali Baharav-Miara suggested various steps to immediately fill the ranks of the army • 'Increased enforcement towards the ultra-Orthodox public is required'
The ultra-Orthodox Arrow company within the Paratroopers Brigade will be closed to prioritize homogenous units • Just 19 Haredi Paratroopers drafted this month, opposed to 33 in previous cycles
The demonstration turned into a riot as police announced that the gathering was illegal, as ultra-Orthodox men attempted to break into the IDF's recruitment office in Jerusalem
Following a Supreme Court ruling, the IDF has begun drafting ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who, until now, were exempt under longstanding Israeli policy
Showing up at recruitment office constitutes 'surrender in their war against God and His Torah'
After the Supreme Court ruled ultra-Orthodox men must also serve, IDF prepares to summon thousands of yeshiva students
An unknown number estimated at several thousand yeshiva boys is expected to be conscripted soon, with previous officials stating that some 3,000 will be drafted by the end of the year
'Unlike planes or bombs, soldiers cannot be brought from abroad, so we need to recruit more,' Defense Minister Gallant says
'Each such regular Haredi battalion that we establish removes our need to draft many thousands of reserve soldiers,' Herzi Halevi says
Coalition scrambles to save long-standing policy of granting exemptions to Haredim amid growing calls for more manpower in IDF
Calling the Netzah Yehuda battalion "pioneers," Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi urged the fighters to 'prove that this is the right way'
The Movement for Quality Government calls the discussion in Supreme Court 'a fateful moment' that will provide an answer to 'an existential question'