Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon has decided to defer the conscription of hundreds of orthodox yeshiva students until at least December, due to the ongoing deliberations regarding Israel’s new draft-reform bill.
The enlistment of five hundred and sixty yeshiva students, set to be drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in August, has been delayed, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein said, announcing the decision.
Yaalon had ordered that deferral letters be mailed on August 6 absent a court order to the contrary.
In February 2012 the High Court of Justice ruled that the exemption of ultra-orthodox yeshiva students from serving in the military was unconstitutional, tasking the government with drafting a new law.