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This week’s announcement by the Israel Defense Forces that it will start issuing conscription notices to ultra-Orthodox Jews from Sunday has not only sparked protests from adherents of this religious branch of Judaism, but also threatens to destabilize the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to Associated Press. If the two ultra-Orthodox parties leave the governing coalition, a government overthrow and snap elections are possible at a time when Israel’s stability is threatened by the ongoing war with the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Ultra-Orthodox Jews or haredim (the pious) until now traditionally were not subject to military service, so that this would not prevent them from fully devoting themselves to the Holy Scriptures – Logs – for lifelong study and observance of the commandments, which is considered the highest spiritual value and ideal of ultra-Orthodox Jews, according to CNN. When creating the state of Israel, it was decided that Toru students at religious schools in state-funded yeshivas would not be called up for military service, as it was believed that Logs studying and quoting also keeps the people of Israel safe from danger. Now the proportion of ultra-orthodox in the society has increased. Israel’s approximately 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 13% of the country’s population. The existence of this exception has caused discontent in Israeli society, especially now that the country has been at war with Hamas for more than nine months. Since in Hamas of the invasion of Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, more than 600 Israeli soldiers were killed in hostilities.
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2024-07-19 17:30:21