Labor Minister Yoav Ben Tzur sends letter to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, says three months 'absolutely unrealistic,' demands cancellation of daycare subsidies be delayed by at least a year.
In Jerusalem, 134 educational institutions, mostly belonging to the haredi sector, lack appropriate or any bomb shelters.
Passersby assaulted haredim protesting against the IDF's decision to draft them into military service.
Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) releases latest Israeli Society Index showing the strengthening of attachment to Jewish values and traditions among secular Israelis, even as they express growing discontent with the haredi community and religious subgroups.
IDF's Home Front Command concerned haredi hikers may be at risk of their lives when hiking in open areas, due to lack of app alerts.
There have been a lot of clashes recently between the attorney general and the government. Unlike in the United States, Canada, Britain and Germany, Israel’s attorney general sees himself authorized to impose his opinion on the government. Opinion.
Hundreds of haredi extremists protest on Tuesday morning outside Tel Hashomer Induction Center against the drafting of haredim who received conscription orders.
Leading Haredi Rabbis publish a letter today opposing enlistment in haredi IDF units, since 'it is impossible to remain Torah-observant and perform mitzvot properly during military service.'
Out of 500 haredim who were called to the IDF recruiting office, only thirty showed up. Others came, but saw the stormy protest outside and turned back.
Haredi youth who receive a draft order must appear at the Draft Office, Welfare Minister Yakov Margi says. 'The law of the land is the law - first of all show up, tell them what is bothering you.'
'Secular public must understand that may haredim who enlisted in the IDF did not return to their community, because the IDF did not keep its promise,' MK Galit Distel Atbaryan says.
The Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic court decided not to travel to his vacation home as he usually does due to the war in Gaza.
Haredi MK Yitzhak Pindrus says Israeli Left 'bothered by anything connected to tradition,' calls them 'irrelevant.'
Haredim, aged 25, including yeshiva students, received text messages calling them to report to the Recruiting Office for their first draft order.
Minister of Defense approves IDF's recommendation to issue initial orders to haredim starting Sunday morning.
Welfare Minister Yakov Margi, who served in the IDF, promises that his party will not leave the government over the Draft Law crisis. 'Defense Ministry prefers to play politics instead of drafting haredim.'
3,000 haredim expected to receive their first draft orders starting on Sunday after Supreme Court rules against mass exemptions for haredi yeshiva students.
Irresistible force hits an immovable object as service in the IDF becomes a flashpoint in the confrontation between secular liberal society in Israel and the refusal of the traditionalist Haredim to comply.
After hours of searching, the family of the late Rabbi Yaakov Edelstein succeeded in locating a taxi driver who the rabbi owed two shekel to, returning the money.
In a letter which appears in the Yated Ne'eman newspaper, Rabbi Dov Lando instructs the yeshiva students not to report to the conscription offices.
The haredi parties believe that approving the Haredi Draft Law in the current composition of the government may be complex and back the idea of adding Sa'ar and his party, New Hope - The National Right.
Senior haredi rabbis speak out against Draft Law, insist it is 'destruction' and that yeshiva students not respond to draft orders. 'This is a battle of self-sacrifice.'
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant decides on timetable to begin implementing Supreme Court order barring the previous practice of exempting haredi students from military service.
After the District Court ruled that yeshivas can be required to include core studies, Agudath Israel of America is expected to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.
New survey reveals that appropriate frameworks could significantly increase the percentage of haredim enlisting in the IDF.
MK Moshe Gafni, chairman of Degel Hatorah Party, condemns statement on talks for a hostage release deal which was released by Netanyahu on Friday night, after the start of Shabbat.
'I affirm': Soldiers from the haredi Hanegev Squadron in the IAF and Bislach 314 affirm allegiance to the IDF at the Nevatim Airbase.
Former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked says 'View of IDF as strong, smart army no longer works, we need many more soldiers and what we thought worked - simply does not work.'
Haredi soldiers ate at a kosher McDonald's and posted their photo online, which sparked calls for an Arab boycott of the popular food chain.
MK Avigdor Liberman demands haredim enlist in IDF; MK Moshe Gafni hits back: 'You wanted us headed to the garbage dump, and now you want us to enlist?'
Following Supreme Court ruling, Rabbi Dov Landa slammed justices, saying the ruling is cruel to Torah learners.
Supreme Court rules that there is no legal framework to allow differentiation between yeshiva students and other populations.
Haredim who were forced to make phone calls from their kosher device on Shabbat were fined hundreds of shekels on their bill. Mobile provider Rami Levy Communications commented: 'The Rabbinical Committee demanded it'.
His roots are among them. Tuvia was born, raised, and educated as one of them for his first 17 years.
After approving the application of the sequence to the draft bill, the committee holds its first discussion with the heads of the opposition and coalition.
The brother of fallen IDF soldier, Captain Israel Yudkin, says that the Ministry of Defense refuses the family's request to write the words ‘God shall revenge his blood’ on his tombstone.
Speaking at event in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Bnei Brak, UTJ chairman argues that the IDF is not really interested in haredim. Liberman fires back: The people of Israel really don't need you.
Chief of Staff Halevi stated during a tour of Gaza with senior IDF commanders that 'there is an opportunity for change in the haredi community. We are not seeing enough people coming forward to draft, but there is a desire for change. '
Eida Haharedit vehemently opposes haredi enlistment to alternative services besides the IDF. 'It is forbidden for any individual to be recruited for any type of enlistment.'
The proposed hostage deal is a bad deal for Israel, but Haredi lawmakers backed it for their own political gain, denigrating Religious Zionists who opposed it as being less Torah-oriented. Do they think Haredim care about the hostages more than those who are actually going out to fight for them?
Police submitted an indictment against a Jerusalem resident who broke into a shop and caused thousands of shekels of damage to wigs he deemed immodest.
Head of the Birkat Moshe Yeshiva in Ma'ale Adumim, Rabbi Yitzchak Sheilat, expressed his unequivocal objection to the law exempting Torah students from drafting to the IDF
An analysis of the haredi attitude towards the army.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara seeks to end property tax discounts, daycare subsidies, for haredi families headed by a yeshiva student.
In protest against the draft law, dozens of extremist haredim blocked Highway 4 at the entrance to Bnei Brak; police arrest 4. Protest at Cinema City Jnct. in capital.
In light of the controversy surrounding the question of drafting haredim into the IDF, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has ordered the creation of a plan to integrate them into the Israel Police instead.
Data revealed in a recent Knesset meeting shows that for all of 2022 and 2023, only haredim were ever charged with illegal assembly during protests.
As per the instructions of Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, legendary Ponevezh Yeshiva dean, the Israeli flag was hung early on Independence Day morning and will remain there until the afternoon.
Finance Ministry proposes list of economic sanctions worth hundreds of millions of shekels, in effort to force haredi yeshiva students to enlist in the IDF.
Shas chief Aryeh Deri talks about potential Draft Law, says negotiations have arrived at a 'junction which seemingly can't be passed,' since MK Benny Gantz and his party refuse all options for agreements.
Representatives of haredi parties agree to Draft Law which would see enlistment of up to 50% of yeshiva students in the coming years, report says.
Interior Min. Moshe Arbel speaks out on Draft Law, calls on haredi community to change its perspective, enlist in the IDF.
The group completed Rifleman 03-level basic training and will join emergency security squads and partake in the security in haredi towns in Judea and Samaria.
Protesters from the extremist Jerusalem Faction carried placards reading: 'Either haredi or military,' 'I do not cooperate with the forced apostasy law,' and 'No compromises and no concessions.' One rabbi even compared Israel to Nazis.
2 arrested during anti-Israel protest by haredi extremists in Jerusalem where PLO flags were waved and trash cans were burned.
'Hamas has ceased functioning as a military organization in most areas of Gaza, information gained from terrorists enables us to make difficult decisions,' Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says.
Lithuanian-haredi leader Rabbi Moshe Hillel Hirsch rejects proposal for mass protest against Draft Law, warning it would fan flames, potentially bring down government.
Following Supreme Court's decision to freeze funding for draft-age yeshiva students, MK David Amsalem points out glaring double standard.
Rabbi Dov Landa calls on haredim abroad to help support yeshivas, following warnings of impending budget cuts to haredi yeshivas in Israel.
In a letter to the Ministries of Defense and Education Attorney General instructs government to start recruiting haredim and prohibits compensating yeshivas in any way.
