Netanyahu coalition bill on Haredi IDF draft won't reduce inequality, Knesset legal counsel says
The bill proposes that, five years after legislation, conscription targets would reach 50 percent of the annual ultra-Orthodox men finishing their yeshiva education, but according to the legal counsel, this would still be 'a very low percentage of the draft potential'
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The bill proposes that, five years after legislation, conscription targets would reach 50 percent of the annual ultra-Orthodox men finishing their yeshiva education, but according to the legal counsel, this would still be 'a very low percentage of the draft potential'
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02:20 PM • December 28 2025 IST
The bill intended to regulate the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Israelis from mandatory IDF service is unlikely to reduce inequality among Israeli youth expected to enlist, according to the legal counsel of the Knesset committee discussing the proposed legislation.
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