Israeli draft
Mandatory service extension will not solve army manpower crisis, head of IDF personnel warns
Bar Kalifa wrote that the extension of mandatory service approved by the Knesset plenum on Thursday “does not eliminate the need to expand the pool of draftees.”
Over 70 mayors, council leaders file petition against haredi draft exemption law
Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has a duty to warn the government about draft evasion - editorial
Students pen letter refusing draft: IDF implements policy of racist gov't
The students called on other youth to question and refuse enlistment in the IDF.
WATCH: Police suppress Haredi draft protest with skunk water, force
Police have employed skunk water and other physical methods to disperse the crowds and have arrested at least 25 men so far.
Police: We handled haredi draft protesters carefully and cautiously
90 of the 120 men arrested have been released, though smaller-scale demonstrations have continued.
September 17, 2017: Torah and the draft
Reuven Hammer makes it clear that Jewish law not only fails to exempt Torah students from serving in a national Jewish army, but clearly makes it mandatory.
Comment: Employment springboard- how haredi men benefit from IDF service
It is true that the Israeli army is not meeting its induction goals.
Canadian immigrant outside IDF enlistment center demands to serve
31-year-old Lionel Kalles has been told his Hebrew is too weak to join the army.
Haredi MKs to support sanctions against anti-conscription incitement
The incitement campaign has been led by the Jerusalem Faction,a group that has virulently and oftentimes violently opposed any haredi conscription to the IDF whatsoever.
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York protest IDF draft law
Anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic group joins Israeli Orthodox in campaign against Orthodox conscription into the IDF.
Drastic fall in haredim serving in civilian service
The severe shortfall in the numbers of haredi men enlisting to the civilian service is likely due to the fact that some 30,000 haredi men aged 22 to 26 were given an immediate exemption.
IDF considering integrating more haredi companies into regular battalions, deputy minister says
"If they can be the ambassadors in haredi society and say that its worthwhile and that the army is accommodating then this will increase the draft [from the haredi community]."