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| 'No moral option' to continue blanket IDF exemption, haredi minister says |
| 2024-04-13 |
| [Jpost] The haredi public must internalize that they will need to begin committing to national service, Interior Minister Moshe Arbel (Shas) said in a podcast that was published on Thursday. The comment was rare, as ultra-Orthodox leaders have largely refrained from taking the side of increasing haredi service since a crisis over the issue broke out in February, when the defense ministry revealed that it was planning to overcome a lack of manpower by increasing mandatory and reserve duty, and not by drafting thousands of haredi men, who have enjoyed a blanket exemption. The legal foundation for this exemption expired on March 31 and, according to a Supreme Court temporary directive on March 28, the state is now required to draft haredi men, and must provide by April a progress report on the matter. The court will hear the case of whether to make the directive permanent on June 2. |
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