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Israel-Gaza war: Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clash with police in Jerusalem over conscription law

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Landmark court decision last week ordered Netanyahu government to start enlisting previously exempt ultra-Orthodox men

Israel-Gaza war: Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clash with police in Jerusalem over conscription law

Military service is compulsory for most Jewish men and women in Israel. But politically powerful ultra-Orthodox parties have won exemptions for their followers to avoid military service and instead study in religious seminaries. Ultra-Orthodox parties and their followers say forcing their men to serve in the army will destroy their generations-old way of life.

Party leaders have not said whether they will leave the government. Mr Netanyahu’s coalition’s popularity has been lagging since the October 7th Hamas attack that sparked the war.

 

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