(RNS) The draft exemptions, long a flashpoint issue in Israeli politics, have become even more fraught since the start of the war in Gaza, as Israel has called up over 300,000 reservists to active service while still exempting Haredis studying Torah.
As the 2024 budget approval and haredi draft crisis loom, the question of haredi refusal to integrate presses on the Israeli economy and army - and at what cost?
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