Rabbi Dov Lando tells visiting Jewish delegation his vision for American Jews' role in battle against haredi conscription, promising 'big role' and clear instructions later on. 'It will be in stages.'
Shas party denies Aryeh Deri called for draft evasion, calling it 'false libel,' says remarks were aimed at encouraging Torah students.
Dozens of representatives from haredi yeshivas and communities gather in Jerusalem to found help center for arrested yeshiva students.
MK Meir Porush accuses Attorney General of inspiring tensions between Israel's haredi and general populations.
IDF faces backlash after allowing senior haredi rabbis to visit jailed draft dodgers, pledges tighter enforcement of prison visitation rules.
Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch visits yeshiva students in Military Prison, accompanied by leading Shas party rabbis.
Bennett blasted Shas leader Aryeh Deri for urging haredi students not to enlist during wartime, warning the remarks undermine IDF morale and unity.
Rabbi Dov Lando leads initiative for several haredi factions to withdraw investment funds from Israel in protest of the arrest of yeshiva students who refuse to enlist.
A scathing article in Hamevaser calls on Prime Minister Netanyahu to halt military operation in Gaza, claiming State has no spiritual mandate to fight while persecuting Torah scholars.
Knesset staff will go on recess for the last two weeks of August, causing further delays to the Draft Law and increasing frustration among haredi Knesset members.
Jerusalem Faction protestors block Route 4 to protest the arrests of draft dodgers, throw rocks, and call police 'Nazis.'
Member of Knesset Meir Porush began a protest on Thursday morning outside the office of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem.
The 95-year-old leader of the Lithuanian Haredi community visits detainees in Beit Lid Prison, offering encouragement and reinforcing haredi Jewry's backing.
Yated Ne'eman headlines with the word 'War' following acts of enforcement against yeshiva students who refuse conscription, accuses Attorney General of attempting to create irreversible clash between State and haredi community.
Rabbi Dov Lando convenes emergency meeting in Bnei Brak over detention of yeshiva students, accusing the State of waging a 'war on Torah students.'
The IDF has officially launched a fifth battalion within its Rescue Brigade on Wednesday, in response to a significant increase in enlistment motivation following Operation Rising Lion.
Haredi leadership believes that any students enlisting could mean a crack in the traditional stance against service in the IDF.
In a wide-ranging interview, MK Dan Illouz calls for expanding IDF enlistment to include haredi youth, warns of political consequences if soldiers are ignored, and urges full victory in Gaza.
MK Yitzhak Goldknopf says statements about pain 'distorted,' clarifies words referred only to Draft Law. 'Your sons are the holiest, your pain is everyone's pain,' he clarifies to bereaved families.
Aryeh Ehrlich, editor of Mishpacha magazine, harshly condemned MK Yitzhak Goldknopf’s statement distancing himself from the grief of bereaved religious-Zionist families amid the war with Hamas. Calling the remarks 'un-Jewish' and 'callous.'
During a Knesset plenum debate, MK Yuli Edelstein reveals past efforts to remove him from office: "They tried to oust me during the disengagement, but I always remained true to my values."
Rabbi Dovid Povarsky slams government hostility toward Torah learners, urges yeshiva students to stand firm in faith and avoid public disputes.
A year and eight months after being severely wounded in combat, an IDF officer was attacked on his way to rehabilitation - by Jews.
United Torah Judaism Party chairman says the haredi community would leave Israel entirely if they are faced with a mandatory IDF draft, tells religious Zionists who serve, 'don't transfer your pain to me.'
Radical haredi factions block major highways nationwide to protest arrests of draft dodgers; violent clashes erupt with police and motorists.
The Yeshiva Council today distributed a letter to all haredi yeshivot across the country, warning students not to attempt to independently arrange their military status.
MKs Elazar Stern and Moshe Turpaz speak to Arutz Sheva amid growing tensions over the Draft Law: "Israel cannot be removed from its values."
Wolfson Yeshiva held an emergency assembly after three students, including two Kol Torah alumni, declared plans to enlist in the IDF, sparking sharp rebuke from the dean.
Political sources claim Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman MK Yuli Edelstein was offered to remain in his role while the Draft Law would be transferred elsewhere - but he refused. Coalition officials reject the report: "That’s a lie."
Likud MKs Hanoch Milwidsky and Nissaim Vaturi challenge Yuli Edelstein's leadership of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, ahead of faction vote set for Wednesday.
After departure of haredi parties from the government, Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Yuli Edelstein withdraws proposed enlistment law, arguing that there is no point in advancing a proposal that will not pass.
A senior government minister calls for a new political program in Judea and Samaria to promote gradual sovereignty and warns of a rift in the right-wing bloc.
Finance Minister warns against dismantling the government over the Draft Law, stating, "Woe to anyone who topples the government and drags us into elections that will, God forbid, lead to a halt in the war and a defeat."
Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef calls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a 'liar,' says MK Yuli Edelstein is 'the son of a priest.'
MK Hanoch Milwidsky of the Likud stated that some of MK Yuli Edelstein's demands in the draft law have been unreasonable.
Gafni accuses religious Zionists of waging war on Torah learners; Smotrich fires back, urging him to witness their sacrifice and spirit.
MK Moshe Gafni dodges question on whether haredim not studying Torah should be drafted into the IDF, emphasizes United Torah Judaism will return to coalition only with agreed-upon Draft Law.
Rabbi David Stav fiercely rejects MK Moshe Gafni’s attacks on Religious Zionists, affirming Torah mandates IDF service and condemning political power struggles.
Currently, Shas's Knesset members will not support a no-confidence motion against the government, which would allow the Prime Minister to continue his efforts to advance the draft exemption law.
MK Yuli Edelstein's Draft Law includes a clause stating that if enlistment goals are not met within six months, daycare subsidies will be completely canceled.
As UTJ exits coalition, internal tensions within haredi bloc resurface as divide deepens between Gur-affiliated factions and the Shlomei Emunim alliance with Belz.
Motke Bloy, a senior figure in the Degel Hatorah faction, claimed in an interview that the attempt to recruit Haredim is reminiscent of the Nazis' Final Solution.
Laly Deri, who lost her son in Gaza, passionately calls for an end to yeshiva exemptions, urging the Haredi community to prioritize national service amid Israel’s existential threats.
Haredi leaders warn they may back efforts to topple the government unless a new conscription bill aligned with pre-war agreements is submitted, blaming MK Edelstein for breaching deals.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, MK Yuli Edelstein, issued a special statement amid efforts to legislate the conscription law and the withdrawal of the Haredi parties.
The Haredi commentator Ari Kalman claims that although the secession of the Haredi from the coalition actually allows Netanyahu to rule even without a majority.
After no agreements were reached regarding the wording of the Draft Law, the rabbis of Degel HaTorah and Agudat Yisrael instruct their representatives in the Knesset to resign from all their coalition positions.
Shas and United Torah Judaism issue a joint statement against MK Yuli Edelstein: "He’s playing a political game at the expense of those who serve, causing a severe rift in the national camp."
IDF intensifies crackdown on deserters with tripled forces at ports of exit and new proactive enforcement units to boost detentions and deter draft evasion.
Israel is currently seeing unprecedented steps on both sides of the issue of forcing haredim into service - but haredim are not so estranged from Israel's security as one might believe.
PM Netanyahu and Minister Smotrich visit Hashmonaim Brigade base. 'We can protect our people and also preserve the world of Torah.'
United Torah Judaism intensifies protest over the delay in advancing Draft Law, threatens to withdraw from government, potentially taking Shas with it.
Haredi leaders in the Diaspora urge caution over granting Israeli citizenship to children, advise parents to consult before proceeding with immigration or citizenship applications due to 'risk' of IDF draft.
The coalition accused Shas Chairman Aryeh Deri of trying to disband the government while blaming it on the UTJ party.
MK Moshe Gafni harshly criticizes Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, accusing her of deliberately targeting the haredi community and noting that United Hatzalah volunteers would be the first to offer aid if she needed it.
The state has begun extensive steps to conscript yeshiva students, including sending draft orders and increased border enforcement. Plans have been made to expand detention facilities for an expected increase in the number of arrests.
Haredi Knesset parties contemplating voting with opposition to exert more pressure to pass Draft Law, warn of potential to dissolve Knesset if progress isn't made.
Haredi MKs warn of escalating boycott if no progress made on Draft Law, though questions arise regarding vote to approve MK Israel Eichler’s appointment as minister.
The simplest solution is often the best.
The notices will be addressed to those whose exemption as Yeshiva students has expired, and will be accompanied by increased enforcement activity.
