The IDF issued an unusual clarification after the Cabinet Secretary's remarks, emphasizing that the Chief of Staff did not express support for a specific conscription law but rather presented the need for a broad legislative response to the needs of the army.
Arutz Sheva has learned that after shooting down Min. Smotrich's VAT exemption order, Likud MKs warned that they will not vote for the conscription law either.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said some 71,000 Israelis are evading conscription-around 80% from the haredi sector-warning of selective enforcement and announcing steps to tighten sanctions.
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Bismuth removes Yesh Atid MKs from subcommittee positions after storming his office a day earlier.
Israeli police announced major traffic closures and heavy deployment ahead of a haredi protest against the conscription bill in Jerusalem this evening.
In an interview with Arutz Sheva, Beit El Yeshiva Dean Rabbi Zalman Melamed calls for a conscription law that does not exempt those who do not study Torah full-time.
Haredim are insular, most are non-Zionist while others are anti-Zionist, and only by peaceful means, allowing for voluntary conscription, will they serve. Opinion.
The Cabinet has approved the change, and on Sunday the government will vote on Defense Minister Yoav Gallant's and the military's demand that conscripted soldiers serve for 3 years.
Prime Minister Netanyahu suggested to haredi MKs that they advance the conscription law in the winter session as they requested.
The government will apparently wait until the winter session to pass the law. The haredim, in the meantime, are demanding otherwise.
Following clarifications that the legal reform won't go ahead as planned, activists are now protesting against the conscription law.
Induction orders sent to thousands of hared youths will apparently be postponed, a report Monday said.
