Tagged haredi militiary exemptions

Why Israel’s government coalition could be headed for collapse

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in the parliament during a plenum session, March 12, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 12, 2018 / Marcy Oster, JTA

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset bill that would exempt haredi Orthodox yeshiva students from the mandatory draft has brought the possibility of snap elections closer in Israel. But it is only one variable in a complicated political dance involving the haredi parties, Israel’s colorful defense minister, the 2019 budget… Read more »

For new Israeli coalition, haredi army exemptions issue is front and center
May 9, 2012 / Uriel Heilman, JTA
A haredi Orthodox man watching Israeli soldiers as an army ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Feb. 22, 2012. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/JTA)

(JTA) – Israel’s new unity government may not alter Jerusalem’s strategy for curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons program or do much to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. It could, however, dramatically change something at home about which a huge number of Israelis care deeply: haredi Orthodox exemptions from military service.… Read more »