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Brazen Haredi Draft Dodgers

Last June, in a long overdue verdict, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled  that the exemption haredi yeshiva students have enjoyed from compulsory military service since statehood is legally invalid. Although there are currently about 80,000 ultra-Orthodox males between the ages of 18 to 24 who are eligible for recruitment, the armed forces exercised restraint recently and […]