Ultra-Orthodox students to be drafted to Israel military

[Pelican Press 0]

Ultra-Orthodox students to be drafted to ******* military

*******’s Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark case that ultra-Orthodox ******* seminary students must be drafted to the military.

There have been long-standing exemptions for conscription for young men registered in full-time religious study, but a legal arrangement allowing the practice to continue expired recently.

In *******, the military is often described as “the People’s Army” and the wide-scale exemption of ultra-Orthodox ******* men from conscription has been a point of contention for decades.

The strains of the current war in Gaza – with ******** military leaders complaining of a shortage of combat soldiers – have led to renewed demands for what is seen as more equal sharing of the security burden.

This ruling by *******’s top court means that potentially tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men could now face the draft.

The court also ruled that there should be a freeze in public funding for ******* seminaries whose students evade conscription.

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