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Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Shas Party Urges Conscription Resistance

Israel's ultra-Orthodox Shas party urges defiance of IDF call-up as tensions rise over draft exemption for Haredi Jews.

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What will Israel’s bombshell court ruling that Haredi Jews must serve in the military mean for Netanyahu? Expert Q&A

The conflict that has raged in Gaza since October 7 has riven Israeli society. People are deeply divided over the government’s conduct of the war and the failure to secure the release of the remaining hostages. As a result, the government of Benjamin Netanyahu is bitterly unpopular with the majority…

The Conversation

Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox must serve in military

In a move that could undermine the stability of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government, the Supreme Court in Israel on Tuesday agreed to end draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men. Making up around 13 percent of the country’s population, it is estimated that nearly 70,000 future soldiers would be eligible.…

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Israel Top Court Rules Ultra-Orthodox Men Must Serve In Army

Israel's top court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into military service, potentially destabilising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition.

International Business Times

‘I will never join the army’: ultra-Orthodox Jews vow to defy Israeli court orders

As their military exemption ends, tensions divide the country and threaten to topple Netanyahu’s government

The Guardian - UK

Netanyahu faces huge challenge after court ruling on military exemption

Strain on coalition grows after Israeli supreme court orders end to subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men who avoid conscription

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Supreme Court Orders Funding Cut For Defiant Religious Schools

Israeli Supreme Court ruling on funding for religious schools over military service evasion stirs controversy and sparks debate on Ultra-Orthodox conscription.

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Government Plans To Pass Haredi Draft Law In The Fall

Israel's governing coalition to pass a law regulating the draft into the IDF of Haredi or Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men

Zenger

How Israel occupied itself

How the brutal Israeli occupation of the West Bank has come home to roost in Israel itself

Salon

Knesset Votes To Postpone Chief Rabbinate Elections Amid Power Struggle

Delay extends serving rabbis' tenure as race for Sephardic Chief Rabbi intensifies

Zenger

Netanyahu fires key ally from Cabinet, citing court decision

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Health and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, citing a court decision.

Tribune News Service

Netanyahu fires top minister after Israel’s Supreme Court order

Israel’s prime minister removes Aryeh Deri, who served as health and interior minister, after court decision.

Al Jazeera

Israel's Netanyahu fires Cabinet ally, heeding court ruling

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired a key Cabinet ally, heeding a Supreme Court ruling commanding him to do so and deepening a rift over the power of the courts

The Independent UK

Israel’s Netanyahu Fires Cabinet Ally, Heeding Court Ruling

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired a key Cabinet ally on Sunday, heeding a Supreme Court ruling commanding him to do so and deepening a rift over the power of the courts. Netanyahu announced he was firing Aryeh Deri, who serves as Interior and Health Minister, at a meeting of…

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Reuters

Israel PM Netanyahu fires minister in compliance with Supreme Court order

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a senior cabinet member with a criminal record on Sunday, complying with a Supreme Court ruling even as he pursues contested judicial reforms that would curb its powers.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel Supreme Court Tells Netanyahu He Must Fire Minister

Israel's Supreme Court ordered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to remove a senior minister over a past tax fraud conviction, in a setback for the new right-wing coalition government. The 10-to-one ruling on Shas party leader Aryeh Deri looks likely to further stoke tensions between the Cabinet and Israel's…

The Independent UK

Israel’s Supreme Court rules Netanyahu has to remove key minister from government

Opposition leader Yair Lapid says country will enter ‘unprecedented constitutional crisis’ if Aryeh Deri is not dismissed

The Independent UK

Israeli Supreme Court says minister barred over tax offenses

Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a key member of the country’s new government cannot serve as a Cabinet minister

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In major ruling, Israeli Supreme Court revokes appointment of senior minister Aryeh Deri

The decision could dramatically escalate the constitutional crisis in Israel.

Al Jazeera

Who are the ministers leading Israel’s new far-right government?

Top ministers in Israel’s new right-wing, religiously conservative cabinet headed by Netanyahu include illegal settlers.

Al Jazeera

Netanyahu closer to far-right Israel gov’t with new legislation

Amendments include revising ministerial fitness standards, meaning officials with suspended sentences can serve in gov’t

Asharq Al-Awsat

Netanyahu Requests More Time to Form Government

Israel's incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested on Thursday from President Isaac Herzog a full 14-day extension to present the new government. "Some issues related to roles have yet to be agreed upon" in coalition negotiations, Netanyahu wrote in the letter to Herzog. “We are in the midst of negotiations…

The Independent UK

Israel's Netanyahu moves closer to forming far-right cabinet

Israel’s designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reached a coalition deal with an ultra-Orthodox party, taking another step forward toward forming what is expected to be the most right-wing and religious government in the country's history

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel's Netanyahu Moves Closer to Coalition Deal

Israel's prime-minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu struck a deal with an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party Thursday on allocating cabinet jobs in a key step towards forming a government ahead of a looming deadline. The deal announced overnight promises the Shas party five ministerial jobs in Netanyahu's incoming government, which is expected to…

Reuters

Netanyahu secures parliament majority, seeks more time to form government

Israel's incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed up enough parties for a coalition with a parliamentary majority on Thursday but requested more time to present the new government, citing a need to agree on roles for his designated partners.

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