The court’s decision could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza.
By Tia Goldenberg, Associated PressIsraeli police officers remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from the street during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 2, 2024.
Under longstanding arrangements, ultra-Orthodox men have been exempt from the draft, which is compulsory for most Jewish men and women, who serve three and two years respectively as well as reserve duty until around age 40. It did not say how many ultra-Orthodox should be drafted, but the military has said it is capable of enlisting 3,000 this year.
In a post on the social media platform X, Cabinet minister Yitzhak Goldknopf, who heads one of the ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition, called the ruling “very unfortunate and disappointing.” He did not say whether his party would bolt the government. Religious women generally receive exemptions that are not as controversial, in part because women are not expected to serve in combat units.
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