Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars NYT | Top Stories By: Joshua Leifer 18 October 2025 at 17:01 The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future. © Amit Elkayam for The New York TimesThe Haredim have historically been exempt from serving in Israel’s armed forces, which has an otherwise compulsory draft for Jewish Israelis.
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