Avigdor Liberman issues coalition conditions, allowing for haredi IDF draft compromises
Yisrael Beyteinu leader Avigdor Liberman laid out his conditions for joining a potential coalition in the Knesset headed…
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli arrests of haredi draft evaders ‘unacceptable’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced opposition to the arrests of yeshiva students who evade conscription into the military…
Israel Police brace for mass haredi protests over arrest of IDF draft evaders
An ultra-Orthodox (haredi) protester was dragged by a vehicle at the entrance to Jerusalem during the ongoing protest…
Military Police criticized by Israel Police following Modi’in haredi draft riot
The Israel Police criticized the Military Police over its handling of the arrest of a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft…
Naftali Bennett says will pass law excluding draft dodgers from next security cabinet
Former prime minister Naftali Bennett, who leads the B’Yachad party, said on Tuesday that a “fundamental condition” for…
People of Israel’s Winter rejects Goldknopf’s call for student draft exemption
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter, the chairman of the People of Israel party, fired back at Yitzhak Goldknopf, head…
Haredi anti-draft protesters arrive at Tel Hashomer amid recruitment wave
Hundreds of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) men arrived at the Tel Hashomer military base on Sunday to be drafted into the…
IDI: Religious Israeli men overrepresented in IDF reserves, haredim absent
National-Religious men have become increasingly overrepresented in IDF reserve service during the Israel-Hamas War, while secular participation has…
Gadi Eisenkot demands haredi party Shas remove new election ad invoking IDF soldiers
Central Elections Committee Chairman Justice Noam Solberg issued on Sunday an interim order for the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Shas…
Israel to offer 20,000 discounted homes to IDF reservists in coming years
Israel’s government unveiled on Sunday a program that will provide approximately 20,000 opportunities for IDF reserve soldiers to…
Gerrer Rebbe, anti-Zionist Satmar billionaire discuss ICJ action against Israel
One of the United Torah Judaism spiritual leaders, Gerrer Admor Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, met Joel Landau, a…
Smotrich placates coalition on Haredi draft, but pays a cost among settler base
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faces a fight for political survival in elections in October after angering his…