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Knesset Freezes Draft Evader Arrests Amid IDF Manpower Warning
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders are unacceptable and harm voluntary recruitment.
- The Knesset froze arrests, shelved a haredi draft bill, and added a Torah-study Basic Law.
- IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned the army could collapse without more manpower.
- More than 40 Chabad students were detained at Ben Gurion Airport as suspected draft dodgers returning from the United States.