Posts Tagged: Israel Draft
Why Don’t Israeli Children Want to Serve in Combat Units?
JNS.org - The IDF held its annual motivation poll last November for potential recruits in an effort to gauge their willingness to join combat units....
To Serve, Or Not to Serve
My friend Yori Yanover was recently sacked as editor of the online Jewish Press. His crime was a biting condemnation of a demonstration of protestors...
Charedi Jews Protest Israeli Draft Proposal in New York
AP - Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews filled the streets in lower Manhattan on Sunday to protest Israel's proposal to draft strictly religious citizens into its...
Charedi Women Respond to Israel’s Proposed Universal Draft Law
Among the hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews that gathered to protest the government's proposed military draft law yesterday, there were countless women and children....
Israel High Court Suspends Yeshiva Funding for Draft Evaders
JNS.org - Israel's High Court of Justice issued an interim injunction Tuesday that suspended funding to yeshivot for students who are deferring enlistment in the...
Charedim Protest Arrest of Student Who Ignored IDF Call Up
Ynet - Some 400 haredim are protesting against the arrest of a yeshiva student who ignored his army call-up notice in Jerusalem's Kikar Hashabat. The protesters are...
Bennett Presents Plan for ‘Sharing the Burden’
Ynet - Two weeks after the new government was sworn in, Chairman of the Habayit Hayehudi party Naftali Bennett on Tuesday presented his plan for...
