IDI: Religious Israeli men overrepresented in IDF reserves, haredim absent
National-religious men have become increasingly overrepresented in IDF reserve service during the Israel-Hamas War, while secular participation has…
Israel’s new ultra-Orthodox party pushes for haredi enlistment, education reform
As the current haredi parties in the Knesset – Shas and United Torah Judaism (UTJ) – have received…
Bezalel Smotrich remained in government to preserve Operation Rising Lion, he claims
In January 2025, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich voted against the hostage deal, called the prisoners it released murderers…
Israel’s Haredi draft debate needs a new approach protecting Torah study
Nearly three years after the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel’s national debate has been trapped in an exhausting…
Police working to clear ultra-Orthodox protest in Jerusalem
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protest denouncing the IDF draft in northern Jerusalem blocked roads, including Shivtei Israel Street, and…
Is Israel prepared to pull itself out of the IDF manpower crisis?
Almost three years after October 7, Israel continues to face one of the most severe manpower shortages in…
Beyond Israel’s haredi draft: The bigger political stakes for Israel’s future
I understand the anger. I genuinely do. Like so many Israelis, I have spent decades serving in the…
Israel leaders sign petition against Knesset’s passing of haredi draft bill
Over 70 mayors and council leaders from across Israel filed a petition on Wednesday condemning the haredi (ultra-Orthodox)…
Netanyahu’s ‘right-wing government’ proved it’s left, made Torah study Basic Law
For decades, the Israeli Right has proudly claimed Ze’ev Jabotinsky as its ideological father. His doctrine of the…
How Gadi Eisenkot’s snub of Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef redefines Israeli politics
Why Gadi Eisenkot distanced himself from Yitzhak Yosef’s embrace, and what that says about the changing fault lines…
Israel’s government knew the risks of haredi draft evasion and ignored them
There are few moments in a nation’s history when its citizens can watch events unfold in real time…
Israel’s deputy FM resigns over vote to freeze arrests of haredi draft dodgers
Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel (New Hope-United Right) announced on Tuesday that she was resigning from the government…