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Israel/Palestine

Owlet

(1,248 posts) Sun Mar 11, 2012, 08:54 AM Mar 2012

Israel Faces an Army of the Ultra-Orthodox

By Charlotte Silver

"JERUSALEM, Mar 11, 2012 (IPS) - The High Court of Justice in Israel has annulled the 2002 Tal Law that had allowed Yeshiva students - scholars of Jewish religious texts - to avoid an otherwise mandatory service in the Israeli army. While politicians on the left and right welcome the court’s decision, the Haredim community considers it an assault on their way of life."

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107028

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Israel Faces an Army of the Ultra-Orthodox (Original Post) Owlet Mar 2012 OP

About time. The Haredim can carry out non-combatant COLGATE4 Mar 2012 #1

well to be fair I guess it is an "assault" on the Haredi lifestyle azurnoir Mar 2012 #2

this should have been posted in the middle east group. nt Mosby Mar 2012 #3

COLGATE4

(14,732 posts)

1. About time. The Haredim can carry out non-combatant

Reply to Owlet (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:29 PM

Mar 2012

functions during their obligatory military service if they want, but all Israelis should complete their mandatory period of service in the IDF.

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)

2. well to be fair I guess it is an "assault" on the Haredi lifestyle

Reply to Owlet (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:46 PM

Mar 2012

but perhaps it's a lifestyle that needed some "assaulting" community service could be a plus for young Haredi men get out in the world that the G-d your studying made