Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced that the occupation military will begin to draft ultra-Orthodox Israelis starting next month. Gallant held an assessment on the matter with Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi and other officials this morning, his office said. Following the meeting, Gallant approved the military’s ...
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest outside an Israeli occupation army enlistment office in occupied Al-Quds (Jerusalem) against a recent High Court ruling which was poised to lead to drafting Haredim into the army. Holding signs reading “The Israeli authorities are persecuting Torah scholars”; “To prison and not to the army” ...