🗞️ The Draft: Haredi Ultra-Orthodox Jewish young men protest the High Court ruling that they must be drafted like everyone else.

📸 Video – when I got caught in a protest last week on my way home from a Bible study in Jerusalem.

📸 Photo: article clip.

80,000 of the Orthodox are currently eligible to serve; the Army desperately needs 12,000 right now. Last thurs, riding buses home from Bible study in Jerusalem, I got caught in this demonstration near Bnei Brak. Evidently there were demonstrations that night in Jerusalem, and last night as well, however my bus routes last night home from Bible study did not go thru that area, thankfully.

Certain (centrist) party leaders quoted in the article accuse Netanyahu and his right-wing coalition of currying votes from the Orthodox by failing to enforce the draft as written in law and affirmed by the High Court.

The slogans claim that the Orthodox would rather die protesting the draft than to serve alongside non-religious fighters under command from a non-religious government.

Note: Even though the government gives them a free pass, it’s still “not religious enough” for them.

2025-12-23 Orthodox Draft Situation

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https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-block-traffic-on-route-4-in-protest-of-arrests-of-draft-dodgers/