The move is likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service.
Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb announced the arrest warrants to a parliamentary committee Tuesday, saying that conscripts who had ignored their orders would initially be called and reminded of their duty.
On Tuesday, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called on Katz to “act immediately” to issue the additional draft orders and to “expand the enforcement towards those who didn’t show up.” “This is a test revealing who stands with the combat troops and who stands with the draft dodgers,” he posted on X. ‘Death rather than draft’ Anger had been simmering among the ultra-Orthodox community even before the news of the arrest warrants.
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