Ultra-Orthodox Jews line up at an Israeli draft office in Kiryat Ono, Israel, to process their exemptions from mandatory military serviceUltra-Orthodox Jews line up at an Israeli draft office in Kiryat Ono, Israel, to process their exemptions from mandatory military serviceIsrael’s supreme court has ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must be drafted into military service, a politically explosive decision that threatens the stability of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government.
Ostensibly, the court decision ends a decades-old cultural and societal row over the importance of Torah study in modern Israeli life, and who should bear the burden of conscription. But the timing, in the midst of the war in Gaza and as Netanyahu struggles to hold together a rightwing coalition that includes two ultra-Orthodox parties, is more likely to inflame existing tensions between secular and religious elements of society.
As the ultra-Orthodox population has grown – the community now makes up 13% of Israel and is projected to become 21% of the population by 2042 – military officers and reservists have become increasingly angry at the status quo, which they say ensures the Haredi community is unfit to contribute to the military or to the workforce.
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