Israel’s top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted - July 10, 2024
- Core Insights Advisory Services
- Jul 9, 2024
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July 10, 2024
"Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that the military must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into military service, as the war in Gaza stretches into its ninth month and Israel faces a shortage of manpower.
On Tuesday, the court also ordered the government to stop funding religious schools, or yeshivas, whose students avoid the draft.
“At this time, there is no legal framework that makes it possible to distinguish between yeshiva students and those destined for military service,” the court said. “Accordingly, the state does not have the authority to order a blanket avoidance of their conscription.”"