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80,000 Ultra-Orthodox Protest Draft Exemptions Amid Gaza Conflict

12/11/2025

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel led a march from Kfar Saba to Jerusalem to protest a bill regulating ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions.
The bill would preserve exemptions for full-time yeshiva students after a High Court ruling deemed them illegal.
About 80,000 ultra-Orthodox men are eligible for service but have not enlisted.
The IDF needs 12,000 recruits amid the Gaza conflict with Hamas.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel led a march from Kfar Saba to Jerusalem to protest a bill regulating ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions.
The bill would preserve exemptions for full-time yeshiva students after a High Court ruling deemed them illegal.
About 80,000 ultra-Orthodox men are eligible for service but have not enlisted.
The IDF needs 12,000 recruits amid the Gaza conflict with Hamas.