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Israeli military to draft ultra-Orthodox men
Updated On: 26 June, 2024 07:38 AM IST | Tel Aviv | Agencies
Powerful sect was exempted if studying full-time in religious seminaries
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Israeli police remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a protest against army recruitment. File Pic/AP
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service—a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel wages war in Gaza.
Most Jewish men and women in Israel are required to serve mandatory military service at the age of 18. But the politically powerful ultra-Orthodox traditionally received exemptions if they were studying full-time in religious seminaries. These exemptions infuriated the wider general public, especially as hundreds of soldiers were killed in the war with Hamas.
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