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Haredi party leader orders boycott of Israel Police over arrests of draft evaders

The chairman of United Torah Judaism instructed party officials to halt cooperation with police after the force reversed an earlier policy and began assisting the military in detai...

Haredi demonstrators storm yard of Military Police chief's home during anti-draft protests

Haredi demonstrators held nationwide protests against the draft in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh and Bnei Brak - resulting in at least three arrests as groups blocked major highways

Dozens of Haredi protesters besiege police station after arrest of draft dodger

Israel Police chief ordered the arrest of a draft dodger who arrived at the police station to file a complaint on assault to be investigated, although he recently ordered police to...

Top Haredi leader orders coalition collapse after Netanyahu freezes key bill

Netanyahu informed ultra-Orthodox party leaders he does not intend to advance a military draft law, which would exempt most draft-age Haredi men from mandatory military service, be...

IDF preparing to arrest haredi draft dodgers as early as next week - report

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu commended the IDF's haredi Hasmonean Brigade for simultaneously learning Torah and serving, as the IDF prepares to arrest those avoiding militar...

IDF faces looming manpower gap as ultra-Orthodox draft fight stalls service extension

The haredi draft issue is growing in urgency as the bill returned to the Knesset agenda amid a coalition crisis that may dissolve the Knesset.

How an Israeli court ruling pushed the Haredi draft standoff to an historic boiling point

The court ruled that the state must take away subsidies for draft-dodging students, including housing, property taxes, day care costs and public transportation – thousands of sheke...

The IDF is, once again, overriding soldier safety to appease the ultra-Orthodox

The army reportedly refrained from deploying a critical system in Lebanon because female soldiers were not permitted at a post staffed by a Haredi Brigade

The fascination with the haredi problem, and where it leads - analysis

Will the ultra-Orthodox allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one last chance to push through the controversial haredi conscription law?

Who says Haredim don't serve? They command the police

Ultra-Orthodox draft exemption talks to resume after Haredi threat to dissolve Knesset

Netanyahu has tried to persuade ultra-Orthodox officials in recent days that passing the draft exemption bill months before the election would be a mistake, given the governing coa...

WATCH: Haredi protesters shout 'kill all Jews,' throw stones at police attempting to restore order

The protests follow the ongoing arrests of draft dodgers and the contentious draft bill.

How the IDF puts troops at risk by trying to appease the ultra-Orthodox

Before Israel drafts the ultra-Orthodox en masse, Israelis must decide what they want an integrated IDF to look like, and whether it should come at the expense of motivated soldier...

Ultra-Orthodox parties push Knesset dissolution: 'We don't believe Netanyahu's promises'

Ultra-Orthodox officials said the renewed discussion on the draft exemption bill was a hollow move intended to delay elections; another source said that if the next coalition comes...

Police chief gives mixed signals on arresting draft dodgers after Haredi pressure, High Court ruling

After he sided with a High Court ruling that police must arrest draft dodgers, the ultra-Orthodox public marked Police Commissioner Danny Levy as a target. The pressure worked, and...

Netanyahu works to block Haredi draft bill amid rising dissent within his party

In a classified Knesset briefing, IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned the army could 'collapse' without Haredi enlistment, as Netanyahu moves to stall a draft-exemption bill amid...

Ultra-Orthodox soldiers' norms prevent deployment of key system in Lebanon IDF post, sources say

Ultra-Orthodox religious norms barring close contact with women led commanders to keep female soldiers from the unit operating the system out of a southern Lebanon post, sources sa...

High Court clash exposes IDF manpower crisis, gov't stalling on haredi draft - editorial

Sunday's High Court hearing highlights the growing IDF manpower strain, as criticism mounts over government delays in enforcing haredi conscription.

'Multibillion-shekel empires and a slave economy': Inside Israel's ultra-Orthodox parallel state

Naomi Abraham, a lawyer and economist who grew up in – but later left – the ultra-Orthodox world, asserts that Israeli society is oblivious to what really drives Haredim. 'The whee...

Gov’t secretary says contentious haredi draft bill will pass, coalition soon to secure majority

Fuchs dismissed comments from Haskel, who objected to the bill, and from the group of coalition lawmakers who also objected to it.

'Blood on their hands': Top Modern Orthodox rabbi says haredim must serve in IDF

Twenty-six students gone. 39 relatives gone. Rabbi Kenneth Brander on what Israel's religious Zionist community owes its soldiers, and what it owes everyone else.

Knesset dissolution stalls after ultra-Orthodox parties yield to Netanyahu

To bring elections forward to the date preferred by ultra-Orthodox parties, early September, the legislation dissolving the Knesset must advance within a week. However, sources in...

Haredi spiritual leader gives green light for Degel Hatorah to dissolve Knesset over draft law

Opposition leader Yair Lapid called on Monday for preparations to begin to dissolve the Knesset already next week, during a faction meeting at the Knesset.

Israel Police chief retracts decision, says officers will assist in arrest of Haredi draft dodgers

Police commissioner retracts his previous directive, which was to avoid the arrests amid fear of protests. An officer who encounters a Haredi deserter is now ordered to detain him,...