The IDF needs to understand the true importance of this moment and make the right accommodations for new haredi conscripts to ease this bumpy process.
History is not static; times change, conditions change, and we have to adapt to those changes.
In terms of the societal splits on which the court was asked to deliberate, it is a superficial Band-Aid, one that covers a deeper wound than can be fixed by the court alone.
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision not to draft yeshiva students shaped Israel's policy, sparking decades of debate on military exemptions amid societal and political transformations.
The government cannot afford to completely ignore the ruling and refrain from drafting any haredim.
The government promised a haredi draft bill would be completed by the end of the Knesset summer session - but it is currently proceeding at a slow pace.
Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition Minister Meir Porush said the ruling is "leading to two states" of religious and secular Jews.
Likud: Peculiar that the High Court is forcing ultra-Orthodox conscription • Ruling also calls to freeze funding of yeshivas who do not comply
Following the High Court's decision, the rabbis, many affiliated with the current governing coalition, seek to raise $116 million to fund yeshiva students who do not enlist in the IDF.
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