Draft Law

Haredi parties to Netanyahu: No more compromises on Draft Law

'We are not interested in whether or not there'll be a reform - on the Draft Law, we will not compromise,' haredi source tells PM Netanyahu.

Religious Affairs Minister:

Haredim obligated to enlist - just like every other citizen

Min. Michael Malkieli speaks about Draft Law, says no intention to push for blanket exemption for haredi community.

Yisrael Beytenu MK to INN:

'Israel will pay a heavy price over the Draft Law'

MK Oded Forer accuses the government of only caring about its own survival.

Is Israel’s military fraying?

Deep changes in Israel’s socio-economic dynamics have invaded the debate on the “People’s Army.” Op-ed.

Lapid slams Draft Law: 'End of the people's army'

Opposition leader accuses Foreign Minister Cohen of irresponsibility in Libya meeting, says new elections necessary as soon as possible.

Lapid favors gradual Draft Law and a unity government

Opposition leader speaks with activists on Zoom: The goal is to topple this terrible government.

Are haredi MKs weighing changes to the Draft Law proposal?

MKs Moshe Gafni, Uri Maklev, visit top rabbi to discuss possibilities for Draft Law bill.

Shas minister:

'Being haredi not a reason to be exempt from military service'

Health and Interior Minister on Draft Law: Being haredi is not a reason to be exempt from service, but Torah study should not be illegal.

Bnei Brak:

National Unity chairman visits haredi yeshiva

The meeting with haredi leaders comes as the Likud party has announced that it may not uphold coalition agreements on the draft law.

Haredi parties:

'We will not agree to mandatory service'

Representatives of haredi parties make clear they oppose mandatory service for haredim, even in a civil-national framework.

Otzma Yehudit MK:

'I think all haredim need to enlist in the army'

'We need to create the right framework for haredim, so that they can come and serve,' MK Almog Cohen stresses.

Haredi leaders back down from Draft Law demands

A meeting with the Defense Minister has produced understandings regarding the Draft Law for the haredi community.

Report: Judicial reform to be frozen, Draft Law passed

PM Netanyahu and his coalition recalculate course following pressure from haredi parties and concerns about IDF preparedness.

Senior minister to INN:

'The Draft Law could bring down the government'

Senior minister expresses concerns over haredi parties' reluctance to compromise on the Draft Law.

Report:

Haredi parties to vote against unilateral judicial reforms

Shas, UTJ, reportedly seek to have judicial reforms frozen to allow for passage of Draft Law.

Shas chief: UTJ liable to harm Draft Law approval

MK Aryeh Deri warns 'unnecessary words' by United Torah Judaism liable to hurt ability to pass Draft Law.

Religious Affairs Min.:

In left-wing government, haredim wouldn't be fried

'Haredi parties have never submitted a bill on religious matters, unless Supreme Court forced Knesset to intervene,' Min. Malkieli says.

Haredi party demands one of two options for solving draft crisis

United Torah Judaism demands PM Netanyahu legislate either Override Clause or Basic Law: Torah Study, alongside new Draft Law.

Netanyahu pushes for concessions in haredi draft law

The Prime Minister asked haredi party leaders to drop controversial parts of the haredi draft law.

Likud source:

We'll advance Draft Law so haredim won't join National Unity

Likud source responds to haredi parties' threat to leave coalition: 'Draft Law will be advanced at the start of the winter session.'

Netanyahu to haredim:

'Override clause for conscription law only if court intervenes'

Prime Minister Netanyahu suggested to haredi MKs that they advance the conscription law in the winter session as they requested.

Report:

Haredi parties to bring down govt. if Draft Law not passed

Deri, Goldknopf reportedly agree legislation exempting yeshiva students from IDF service must be passed before judicial reform

Cabinet Secretary:

'We will push draft exemtion that's immune to judicial review'

Yossi Fuchs says Draft Bill will be advanced at the beginning of the winter session and will include an exemption for Torah students.

Haredi newspaper:

'We joined to promote the Draft Law, not the reform'

Hamodia newspaper says bill to pass Basic Law: Torah Study was submitted 10 days ago. 'The timing is not ours.'

Haredi faction submits bill to pass Torah Study law

Likud party clarifies: Bill submitted by Agudat Yisrael will not be promoted by the coalition.

Haredi MK:

Netanyahu promised to pass Override Clause if there's no choice

Construction Min. Goldknopf says PM Netanyahu promised to push Override Clause if no other option is found for Draft Law.

Due to a lack of demand:

IDF to shutter two haredi companies

The IDF is preparing to close the Tomer and Hetz Companies after the haredi companies failed to meet enlistment goals.

Supreme Court refuses to issue draft orders for haredim

The court said that the law has expired too recently to order the entire haredi population drafted without appropriate preparation.

Instead of Override Clause:

Coalition to advance Basic Law: Torah Study

PM Netanyahu tells coalition parties he will advance basic law, but Override Clause is off the table.

Haredi MK: 'Those opposing the reform won - we caved'

'As a sector, we only lost out from this whole reform,' haredi party head says.

We are such a quarrelsome people

Past, present and future of the secular-haredi and religious Zionist divide.Op-ed

Jerusalem Min. explains:

This is why I opposed the decision not to draft yeshiva students

Min. Meir Porush explains why his party opposes government decision not to draft yeshiva students.

Haredi parties demand legislation on draft law

Prime Minister Netanyahu has called together the heads of the haredi parties as the haredi draft exemption nears expiration.

Israeli gov't to request Supreme Court okay Draft Law extension

Coalition to request extension for passage of Draft Law, following decision not to push legislation during Knesset summer session.

Haredi MK reprimands former Finance Min.: You're lecturing us?!

Jerusalem Min. Porush takes aim at MK Liberman: 'You' were Finance Min. for a year and a half, why didn't you pass the Draft Law?'

FM Eli Cohen to INN:

'PIJ is frustrated, and its leadership was annihilated'

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen spoke with INN about the operation in Gaza, haredim, and the elections in Turkey.

IDF reveals:

Over 1,000 haredim enlist annually - not all of them religious

IDF does not investigate whether 'yeshiva students' actually study in yeshiva, top official says.

Budgets for haredi schools in exchange for Draft Law delay?

PM Netanyahu, Jerusalem Min. Porush, hold reconciliation meeting, discuss implementation of coalition agreement.

Yisrael Beytenu MK to INN:

'There will be no agreements on the judicial reform'

MK Yulia Malinovsky pessimistic about the possibility of reaching a compromise on the judicial reform: Both sides are playing games.

Lapid presents universal service bill which would draft haredim

Opposition leader calls lack of haredi military service an 'open wound' in Israeli society, hints issue part of reform negotiations.

Draft law:

Government stalls on new legislation

'We should have made it a precondition for joining the govt, as Ben-Gvir did with laws he wanted passed.'

Senior coalition members: Delay approval of Draft Law

Volatile political, public situation forces delay of Draft Law, Torah learning law, senior coalition sources say.

Opposition MK hits back at Lapid:

'Attend government events even when there are disagreements'

'Yair Lapid is not my leader, the opposition is diverse,' MK Alon Schuster says.

Lapid: 'We'll cancel the Draft Law at the first opportunity'

Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid calls Draft Law 'National Shirk Law,' suggests holding discussions on it.

IDF to continue sending enlistment letters to haredim

Military presents new service model under which solders who serve for longer will receive higher salaries.

Haredi MK:

'Large number of people will be able to come to Meron'

MK Meir Porush discusses Lag Ba'omer celebrations, Draft Law. 'When Gantz was DM he agreed to things Lapid opposed.'

Liberman: 'No way to reach agreement on Draft Law'

Former Finance Min. says he 'never heard of' IDF supporting law allowing some not to serve, says everyone must serve or do National Service.

Report: Government planning temporary haredi draft law

New law would lower army exemption age to 21 for a decade, encouraging haredi men to join the workforce while avoiding Supreme Court ruling.

MK Rothman to introduce watered-down version of reform

Senior member from haredi party says there is a willingness to compromise on Override Clause in exchange for better draft law.

Likud MK on judicial reform:

'We'll modify reforms even if the opposition doesn't negotiate'

MK Bitan blames haredi MKs for pressuring coalition to rush reform package. 'This should have been done entirely differently.'

IDF draft:

By 2050, just 41% of youth will enlist

This 41% will consist of 99 thousand people, as opposed to just 67 thousand today.

Gafni: Half should serve in IDF, half study Torah

UTJ MK suggests revival of system which existed in King David's time to split military service and Torah study.

200 young haredi men enlist in IDF

The young men will be integrated into both combat and non-combat jobs

Defense Minister: 'Torah learning is very important'

'All parts of Israeli society need to find a way to serve,' Defense Min. Gantz says.

Does the Draft Law have a chance of passing?

Knesset's Security and Defense Committee discusses Draft Law, despite low chance of it passing its next readings.

Hundreds of haredi protesters block entrance to Jerusalem

Etz faction protests arrest of young haredi man who did not register for the IDF draft.

Likud MK: Draft haredim only if you preserve their lifestyle

'State must not try to turn haredi soldiers into what they do not wish to be,' MK Shlomo Karhi says.

Dep. Knesset Speaker:

'Haredi society not responsible for cost of living'

MK Eitan Ginzburg, Dep. Knesset Speaker, says haredim not responsible for cost of living, but anyone not learning should go out and work.

Gafni vs Bennett:

Haredi MK: Why did God punish us with this psychotic PM?

Senior haredi lawmaker shouts at PM Bennett in Knesset plenum, calling him 'psychotic'.

Knesset passes Draft Law in its first reading

2 weeks after the Draft Law was defeated, coalition succeeds in advancing it towards becoming law.