Jerusalem – Israeli Parliament Approves Law Exempting Ultra-Orthodox From Army Service

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    FILE - Ultra-Orthodox demonstrators protest at the Bar Ilan intersection in Jerusalem on August 17, 2014, following the arrest of a haredi draft-dodger. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Jerusalem – The Knesset late Monday approved the second and third readings of a bill which effectively postpones a previous law mandating ultra-Orthodox conscription into the IDF.

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    The new law was voted in by a count of 49 in favor and 36 opposed.

    Likud MKs Sharren Haskel and Yoav Kisch did not take part in the vote.


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    8 years ago

    postponing is not exempting

    ALTERG1
    ALTERG1
    8 years ago

    the deal doesnt make a different “Jews will never Gane serve in the tumna IDF” they trying already for 60 years & with no results.

    SGMoish
    SGMoish
    8 years ago

    Capable of holding a sign and protesting capable of serving in the army.

    Put hundred thousand yeshiva boys into the army and they’ll learn more Torah than they do in yeshiva (as hesder does) in addition it will be holiest army in world will never fail.

    8 years ago

    Too bad my cousins have to fight while the hasids sit and study forever and demand to be protected.

    8 years ago

    Nebech so many leeches.

    8 years ago

    These pale faced yungerleit need some sun.

    savtat
    savtat
    8 years ago

    This week? This protest had to take place this week? With so many innocent people being murdered and the soldiers and border police working 24/7 to protect and defend….. you know, this is just not smart. In vooss zukt Gott?

    8 years ago

    So they still get the child stipends?

    lazerx
    lazerx
    8 years ago

    it the times of the first and second temple, the Kohain who tell the people (amongst other statements): “who has done an avaira (sin)? go home and leave the army!”

    today we want the state to say: “who is a tzadik and sits and learns, go back from the army but he who sins come and join the army”

    aleph
    aleph
    8 years ago

    The photo above was taken in AUGUST

    albroker
    albroker
    8 years ago

    No Jew should go into the IDF an army that destroys shuls but not mosques that kicks Jews out of their homes but not “Israeli” Arabs an army with more rules than guns, this is EXCELLENT news, remember the ONE ABOVE protects us not the Marxist Yaalon.

    8 years ago

    So can they go to work now???? No more kolleL stipends? Can we stop this crazy adopt a kollel madness??.
    For the record under the new law anyone over 24 can work with no army service at all. So why aren’t the guys working? Because really this has nothing to do with the army. Its a cop-out. In reality anything secular outside yeshiva is chazor trief. The army was an excuse to cover up the Israeli misconceived anti-torah hashkofos.