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IDF Launches Haredi Brigade Amid Controversial Draft Push

9/1/2025

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The IDF is establishing its third haredi Hashmonaim Brigade Company to improve haredi military integration.
Knesset chairman Boaz Bismuth suggests a wartime emergency regulation for immediate conscription to tackle manpower shortages and lift sanctions on ultra-Orthodox draft evaders.
Opposition leaders argue the plan jeopardizes national security and does not guarantee sufficient enlistment from the haredi community.

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The IDF is establishing its third haredi Hashmonaim Brigade Company to improve haredi military integration.
Knesset chairman Boaz Bismuth suggests a wartime emergency regulation for immediate conscription to tackle manpower shortages and lift sanctions on ultra-Orthodox draft evaders.
Opposition leaders argue the plan jeopardizes national security and does not guarantee sufficient enlistment from the haredi community.