Following a dispute with the Likud, it was decided that the Basic Law on Torah Study will include only the provision stating that Torah study is a fundamental value in Jewish Heritage.
War-wounded veterans were incensed over the position of members of Knesset and demanded that they pass laws for their sake as well as they are rushing to enact the new Basic Law.
MK Yosef Taieb repeatedly interrupted Rabbi Yirmi Stavisky's testimony before a Knesset committee, accusing the bereaved educator of attacking the haredi community.
Sagit Afik, legal adviser to Knesset, says Torah Study Law would grant yeshiva students privileges similar to those of soldiers - unless amendments are made.
Rabbi Tamir Granot, father of fallen IDF soldier Amitai Granot, urges lawmakers to add just a few words to the proposed Basic Law of Torah Study.
Ahead of the second and third readings, the temporary order was published, suspending arrests and enforcement for a limited period, subject to study requirements, affidavits, and supervision of yeshivas.
Rabbi Chaim Iram, the rabbi of the town of Elazar, has published an article for local residents responding to the recently approved Basic Law: Torah Study, using its language to advance a series of additional legislative proposals.
Rabbi Daniel Wolfson criticized the extremist tactics behind recent anti-draft demonstrations, warning that violence and provocation undermine the Haredi cause and only deepen public anger and division.
Tax Authority demanding yeshivas submit statements and documents on students' enlistment status as condition for donors to receive tax credits.
Yesh Atid's MK Elazar Stern accuses Religious Zionist MK Tzvi Succot of not caring for soldiers' lives, Succot fires back.
Viznitz hassidim gathered outside the Attorney General's office to protest the arrests of haredi draft dodgers.
Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs defended a proposed draft order but drew sharp criticism from UTJ after accusing haredi parties of ignoring absentee yeshiva students.
Shas has joined the wave of condemnations over the criticism from a haredi rabbi against Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.
A Knesset legal review warned that a bill halting enforcement against haredi draft evaders could harm equality and military service.
Severe rhetoric directed at IDF Chief of Staff and the military during a Bnei Brak protest against the draft led by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef. Defense Minister Israel Katz calls it a "grave incitement."
Culture and Sport Minister Miki Zohar lams media outlets, urges agreement with haredim to resolve Draft Law crisis.
UTJ chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf sparked outrage by claiming the 'draft dodgers' are in Tel Aviv while defending Torah study in Israel.
Following the continued arrests of haredi draft evaders and incidents of violence on the roads, the Sephardic Torah world is preparing for a protest rally on Saturday night.
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, a leading haredi rabbi, pens sharply-worded letters condemning arrests of haredi draft evaders and urging increased Torah study instead of violence as response to 'decree' of enlistment.
Convoys departed from 19 haredi population centers under police coordination, with reports of heavy traffic and violent incidents, despite organizers' urging orderly and lawful protest.
Torah study does not justify broad exemption from military service, except possibly for a small number of elite scholars.
As hundreds of vehicles prepare for a nationwide protest, cooperation between major Hasidic groups and the Jerusalemite Faction has exposed the fault lines against Shas and Degel HaTorah.
The chairman of the Central Elections Committee said, following discussions with the Attorney General and the police commissioner, that on Election Day there will be no enforcement operations against deserters.
After six days in military detention, Yechiel Kotiner was released last night. He had caused significant controversy when he was arrested at a draft office.
Haredi journalists report an increase in the number of arrests following tougher enforcement against those who failed to report to draft offices.
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef blames US-Iran memorandum of understanding on arrests of haredi yeshiva students.
Thousands of students and alumni from Be'er Hatalmud Yeshiva expected to arrive at detention facility to protest arrest of Sephardic yeshiva student.
The coalition plans to delete from the conscription law all sections except the provision on release of draft-dodgers, but the Knesset's legal adviser opposes it.
Gerrer Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Arieh Alter, leads demonstration outside Military Prison 10 against arrest of hassid.
Deri's grandsons are among tens of thousands of Haredi youths who have had arrest warrants issued against them for failing to report for service.
Jerusalem Faction protesters block Route 4 near Bnei Brak, causing congestion and clashing with police.
MK Porush threatened physical violence against the attorney general over the arrest of haredi draft dodgers.
The protest planned to paralyze major roads was canceled following explicit instructions from haredi leader Rabbi Dov Lando.
UTJ MK Porush declared today: 'How can a state that declares 'it has no room in its prisons' for Palestinian terrorists find detention space to arrest yeshiva students?'
Rabbi Re'em Hacohen sharply criticizes the proposed Basic Law on Torah Study, arguing that it undermines the value of Torah study, 'the very comparison between yeshiva students and those serving in the IDF is a fundamental mistake.'
About 20 technicians who completed basic technical training have been integrated into a special unit designated for haredi soldiers at the Tel Nof Air Force Base.
Jerusalem Faction to block roads, hold mass demonstration, in central Israel.
Addressing a Chicago fundraiser, Rabbi Dov Lando said yeshiva students face persecution and growing economic hardship in Israel.
Shas MK Yinon Azoulay slams Deputy Attorney General Gil Limon, says his superior 'does his will,' warns, 'Do not raise a hand against Torah Jews.'
Finance Minister Smotrich announced that his party will oppose any wording that equates yeshiva students with IDF service members. The Government Secretary announced that the clause will be removed from the law.
Haredi sources expressed disappointment at Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's refusal to advance measures that would benefit tens of thousands of conscription-eligible individuals.
Minister Amichai Eliyahu spoke out in favor of the exemption of Yeshiva students from the draft - as long as they are genuinely studying Torah.
Rabbi Avraham Salim, leading Sephardic-haredi rabbi, tells haredi yeshiva students to stay away from protests, warning they detract from Torah study and accustom participants to violence.
MKs Aryeh Deri and Yitzhak Goldknopf visited detained haredim who refused to enlist. Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemned the visit, calling it a disgrace and lack of awareness to the public.
A Tel Aviv council member has asked the Attorney General and the police commissioner to open an investigation and order the blocking of phone alert lines allegedly used to thwart arrests of haredi draft evaders.
Aryeh Deri rejected the claim that the haredi parties had pushed for a sweeping exemption from military service for Haredim.
Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer slams haredi leadership, says he won't support Draft Law that doesn't lead to real enlistment.
Rabbi Eliyahu Pinhasi issued harsh criticism of haredi Knesset members, claiming that for years they did not manage to regularize the status of yeshiva students.
Rabbi David Fendel and Rabbi Dror Aryeh urge coalition MKs to show 'national responsibility' and complete Draft Law legislative process.
Rabbi Moshe Brandsdorfer issued a halachic ruling addressing how yeshiva students should respond when arrested over enlistment.
Police opened an investigation after footage showed several people on the roof of a Jerusalem hotel throwing stones at haredi protesters on the nearby road.
Gil Limon instructs Interior Ministry's legal adviser to continue advancing cancellation of municipal tax discounts for draft evaders, determines ministry’s position does not comply with High Court of Justice rulings.
UTJ is examining targeted consumer boycotts of major companies, aiming to leverage haredi purchasing power as economic pressure.
Minister Ze'ev Elkin says no chance of passing Draft Law before Knesset dissolves - but does not believe center-left can work with haredi parties.
A yeshiva student from Har Nof who served twenty days in military detention for refusing to report to the recruitment office was received on Friday evening at the home of one of the leading rabbis in the haredi community.
Shas MK Erez Malul lays down an unequivocal condition ahead of post-election coalition talks: Haredi parties will not join any government until the legal status of yeshiva students is anchored in a "fortified and robust" law.
'Daycare bill' aiming to ensure Supreme Court cannot strip yeshiva students' families of daycare subsidies passes preliminary reading.
IDF publishes new data showing record number of haredi recruits, combat soldiers.
Coalition chairman Ofir Katz says bill to dissolve 25th Knesset to be brought for vote on Monday.
MK Yair Golan, head of Israel's 'Democrats' party, says he is willing to sit with haredim in government, insists there is no way to enlist thousands of haredim immediately.
