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December 15, 2025

The Case for and against the Haredi Draft Bill

Breaking a psychological barrier, or tapping on an unbreakable one?

A bill to reform the exemptions from military service granted to Haredim continues to make its way, slowly, through the Knesset. The legislation, backed by the governing coalition, would firmly entrench the exemptions for students at haredi yeshivas into law; at the same time, it would gradually increase the numbers of young haredi men eligible for the draft, and introduce some stricter punishments for noncompliance.

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