Thousands of ultra -Orthodox Jews will receive recruitment orders, in the context in which they were exempted from the compulsory military service, a problem that threatens the future of the governing coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Thousands of ultra -Orthodox Jews will receive recruitment/photo: Reuters
“The army will start this week to send recruitment orders to complete the enrollment procedures for the members of the ultra -Orthodox community and whose status of Yeshiva students (Talmudic School) is no longer valid after the law expires”, It is shown in a statement of the army.
Mandatory recruitment for ultra -orthodox Jews is a sensitive topic for Benjamin Netanyahu's government, writes Agerpres.
Formed in December 2022, it is held by an alliance between the Likud (right) party of the prime minister, far -right formations and ultra -Orthodox Jewish parties determined to maintain a military exemption that has become more and more unpopular among the Israeli society after the 21 -month war in the Gaza Stră.
Following an agreement concluded in 1948, Haredi men enjoyed a de facto military exemption for decades, provided they dedicate themselves to the whole of the sacred texts of Judaism in Yeshive (Jewish seminars).
This exemption was challenged by the Supreme Court in the 2000s, forcing successive governments to develop temporary legislative arrangements on ultra -Orthodox, which created and destroyed the coalitions.
From June 2024, the Executive is under pressure on justice regarding the enrollment of ultra -Orthodox in the absence of a law that validly guarantees them from the ordinary military service.
“The notifications will be sent in stages during July, reaching a total of 54,000 recruitment orders“, is shown in the army statement.
The ultra -orthodox population represents 14% of the Jewish population of Israel, that is, almost 1.3 million, and about 66,000 men are exempted from the compulsory military service.
