The Haredi draft law fight may be the issue that finally outmaneuvers Netanyahu
Trapped between an uncompromising Haredi leadership, opposition in his own ranks and an outraged public, the Israeli prime minister seems to have miscalculated on every front
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Trapped between an uncompromising Haredi leadership, opposition in his own ranks and an outraged public, the Israeli prime minister seems to have miscalculated on every front
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07:15 PM • January 08 2026 IST
During a massive demonstration in Jerusalem on Tuesday against a proposed law that would draft some military-age ultra-Orthodox men, a 14-year-old boy was killed when a bus driver attempted to maneuver out of a crowd of violent protesters who had surrounded him.
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