Haredim
IDF to summon over 50,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in massive push for haredi draft
All 54,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews eligible for military service will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026.
Ethiopian families, women locked out of public shelter declared ‘men only’ by extremists - report
We say we want haredim to join the IDF, but do we mean it? - opinion
Opposition's Knesset dispersal bill fails after Edelstein, haredim reach draft bill agreement
Knesset dispersal postponed after agreement between Edelstein, haredi leaders
This decision came after MK Moshe Gafni reported on the results of the negotiations between Netanyahu and Edelstein to Rabbi Hirsch.
Over 50,000 IDF draft orders to ultra-Orthodox Jews scheduled for July
The announcement means that the IDF will be summoning the entire "pool" of eligible haredi men, in addition to the 24,000 haredim who already received initial draft orders since July 2024.
Netanyahu using Iran tension, threats to try and stop Knesset dispersion vote
The vote to dissolve the Knesset is expected to happen around 10 p.m. after opposition party heads unanimously agreed to vote on the issue.
Opposition leaders announce they will go through with Knesset dispersal vote
Despite public announcements that they would support the dispersal bill, haredi politicians were slightly more hesitant on Tuesday night as to whether they would follow through on their threat.
Over 50,000 draft orders to be sent to yeshiva students this July, A-G announces
The government has sent out draft orders to 24,000 out of the approximately 80,000 eligible haredi men.
No more excuses: It's time for haredi Jews to serve in the IDF - editorial
Zionism is not a secular ideology to be shunned; it is the modern manifestation of a 2,000-year-old hope. What could be more Torah-true than helping defend Jewish life in the land of our ancestors?
Leading rabbi to instruct ultra-Orthodox faction to exit Netanyahu's coalition
Haredi leader hints at coalition exit over IDF draft bill delays, potentially collapsing the government.
Netanyahu's coalition removes all legislation again amid haredi boycott
The boycott is over the government’s delay in advancing a law that will likely exempt a majority of military-age haredi men from IDF service.
A year of empty promises: Edelstein talks, but no draft law yet on haredi enlistment - opinion
MK Yuli Edelstein has spent a year holding talks on ultra-Orthodox enlistment without delivering a draft law, exposing a gap between his rhetoric and real progress.
Knesset c'mtee to discuss female soldiers' rights, haredi IDF integration
The session comes as the coalition moves forward with legislation that would regulate exemptions for haredi yeshiva students from mandatory military service.
'We’ve crossed a red line': Haredi factions warn of government collapse
“We all enlist, we all fight, and we all sacrifice for the country and a better future,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir declared.
