Witnesses to Something Spectacular on the Temple Mount During the Feast of Tabernacles
We are heading to Jerusalem for the Feast of Tabernacles, and are taking a group 130-strong to the Temple Mount.
We explore the Haredi military draft crisis after Israeli military police entered an apartment building in Modiin this week. The purpose of their visit was to arrest an ultra-orthodox Israeli, for the crime of dodging the military draft. Just minutes after the police entered the building, word was passed from one person to another. Before the police even had the man in custody, hundreds of ultra-orthodox men had gathered outside.
What is going on with Israeli conscription laws, Haredi riots and protests revolving around this sensitive issue? There’s more to it than meets the eye. This single issue already has had a massive impact on Israel both politically and militarily, and the next few months could see the impact of this issue grow dramatically. Ben Hilton breaks it down for you on today’s video.
Correction: The Druze in Israel are required to serve with the exception of those from the Golan heights. About 80% of Israeli Druze men do serve.
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Source Links:
Times of Israel on enforcement against draft evaders
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-says-government-must-up-enforcement-against-draft-evaders-haredim-comprise-over-80/
Times of Israel on High Court draft order
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-orders-government-to-explain-failure-to-draft-haredi-men-despite-2024-ruling/
Times of Israel on police detaining draft dodgers
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rebuked-by-court-and-military-police-say-they-will-detain-draft-evaders/
Times of Israel on Haredi arrest ban
https://www.timesofisrael.com/high-court-annuls-haredi-draft-dodger-arrest-ban-as-unconstitutional-violation-of-equality/
Times of Israel on resumed proactive arrests
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/after-halt-idf-says-it-resumed-proactive-arrests-of-haredi-draft-dodgers-in-september/
Times of Israel on Haredi enlistment numbers
https://www.timesofisrael.com/only-1212-of-the-24000-haredi-men-called-up-in-past-year-have-begun-enlisting/
Council on Foreign Relations on Haredi military draft
https://www.cfr.org/articles/why-israel-wants-draft-ultra-orthodox-military
Jerusalem Post report on Modi’in protest
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910725
Times of Israel report on Modi’in clashes
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-of-haredi-protesters-clash-with-police-thwart-arrest-of-draft-dodger-in-modiin/
