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Israeli women mobilize against ultra-Orthodox military exemptions
13 hours, 33 minutes ago

Israeli women mobilize against ultra-Orthodox military exemptions

Raw Story  

Exhausted by more than 14 months of war, the wives and mothers of Israeli soldiers are uniting in protest against exemptions from conscription for ultra-Orthodox men. Ultra-Orthodox residents passed by, some running, as protesters holding Israeli flags and banners shouted through megaphones demanding "conscription for all". The military has asked for extra manpower in light of the war in Gaza …

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Who are the Haredim in Israel and what are their demands?
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Who are the Haredim in Israel and what are their demands?

Al Jazeera  

The military’s moves to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews has led to protests and anger among the religious community. In recent days, groups of Haredi men have clashed with police during protests against the removal of their exemption from compulsory military service, and anger has even turned towards their own representatives in the Israeli parliament. The movement has been traced back to …

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Will Netanyahu govt collapse amid soaring anger at exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews? EXPLAINED
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Netanyahu govt collapse amid soaring anger at exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews? EXPLAINED

India TV News  

Jerusalem: Israel's Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza. The religious exemption dates back to Israel’s founding, a compromise that the country's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, made with ultra-orthodox leaders to allow some …

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Could Israel’s SC ruling ending draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Israelis topple Netanyahu’s government?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Could Israel’s SC ruling ending draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Israelis topple Netanyahu’s government?

The Hindu  

Israel's Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza. The religious exemption dates back to Israel’s founding, a compromise that the country's first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, made with ultra-orthodox leaders to allow some 400 …

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Israel’s high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court ruling curtailing subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has rattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and raised questions about its viability as the country presses on with the war in Gaza. FILE - Israeli police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a protest against a potential new draft law which could end their exemptions from …

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Israel's high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Israel's high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?

The Independent  

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With war in Gaza, Israel faces new pressure to draft the ultra-Orthodox into service
8 months, 4 weeks ago

With war in Gaza, Israel faces new pressure to draft the ultra-Orthodox into service

NPR  

With war in Gaza, Israel faces new pressure to draft the ultra-Orthodox into service Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa for NPR Tamir Kalifa for NPR A core tension in Israeli society has grown more urgent since the Hamas attack on Israel last October: Whether to draft the ultra-Orthodox into military service. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa …

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High-tech and war are integrating some ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s secular society
10 months, 4 weeks ago

High-tech and war are integrating some ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel’s secular society

LA Times  

Yakob Shoolman spent years studying the Torah, poring over ancient scripture like many boys in his ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhood. All previous governments bent to the will of the Haredim.” He added that the ultra-Orthodox, about 45% of whom are poor, “are a great weight and burden on society.” ” A 2023 survey done by Hiddush before the war found that …

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Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular
1 year, 2 months ago

Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular

The Independent  

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Israel is facing a choice, once again, between renewal and ruin — what will we choose?
1 year, 4 months ago

Israel is facing a choice, once again, between renewal and ruin — what will we choose?

ABC  

It is 3am in Jerusalem. And yet, given the overwhelming silence within the religious Zionist community toward Smotrich — and toward Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the extremist Jewish Power party — I realised that this wasn’t a hostile takeover after all. The condition of Israeli society today is grim testimony to the inability of religious Zionism, together with the …

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Israel’s crisis has reached a transformative crescendo
1 year, 8 months ago

Israel’s crisis has reached a transformative crescendo

Hindustan Times  

A week from now, Israelis will sit down to the seder meal of Passover to commemorate their emancipation from slavery in ancient Egypt, and recall how God made the plague pass harmlessly over their homes. There will be another reason to thank providence — the unprecedented protests that have torn Israel apart for weeks, endangering both its internal integrity and …

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Israel’s Haredi voters drift hard right in leadership vacuum
2 years, 1 month ago

Israel’s Haredi voters drift hard right in leadership vacuum

Associated Press  

JERUSALEM — One of Israel’s most extremist politicians, known for his inflammatory anti-Arab speeches and stunts, is attracting new supporters from a previously untapped demographic — young ultra-Orthodox Jews, one of the fastest-growing segments of the country’s population. Voting records from predominantly Haredi communities indicate that since Ben-Gvir entered politics in 2019, support for him in those areas has increased …

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British-Israeli woman sues easyJet for £15,000 after they make her move seats twice
4 years, 3 months ago

British-Israeli woman sues easyJet for £15,000 after they make her move seats twice

Daily Mail  

A British-Israeli woman is suing easyJet for £15,000 after they made her move seats twice because ultra-Orthodox Jewish men refused to sit next to a female passenger. Melanie Wolfson, 38, is claiming 66,438 shekels compensation from the low-cost airline in a lawsuit filed on her behalf by the Israel Religious Action Center Ms Wolfson, a professional fundraiser from Tel Aviv, …

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