Israeli Supreme Court Justices Rule Haredim Must Serve, Cut Supports for Resisting Yeshivas

[Guno צְבִי]

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Nine justices sitting as the High Court of Justice on Tuesday unanimously embraced a long list of petitions for the recruitment of Haredim to the IDF and the cessation of support payments to a yeshiva whose students were not exempted from service.

The nine judges criticized the state’s conduct in this matter since 1998 and determined that it was against the law. “In the midst of a difficult war, the burden of inequality is more acute than ever and requires a solution,” the nine justices wrote.

The unanimous decision of the nine judges includes five conservative-leaning Justices (based on their rulings in recent years): Noam Solberg, Yael Wilner, Ofer Grosskopf, Gila Canfy-Steinitz, and Alex Stein.

The ruling offered a brief history of Haredi service over the past 26 years:

9 Supreme Court Justices Rule Haredim Must Serve, Cut Supports for Resisting Yeshivas

The practical outcome of Tuesday’s ruling is that the IDF enlistments revert to the original, general Defense Service Law.

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