Israeli decision ends draft exemption of ultra-Orthodox
Haaretz reports:
The High Court of Justice struck down on Tuesday evening the law that regulates the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from compulsory military service so long as they are enrolled in religious studies at a yeshiva.
An expanded nine-justice panel of the court headed by outgoing Supreme Court President Miriam Naor ruled eight to one, with Justice Noam Sohlberg dissenting. The justices' majority opinion agreed with the petitioners' position that the law perpetuates inequality between secular youths who are required to enlist in the army and religious youth who are exempted. The petition had been filed by the Movement for Quality Government.
Haaretz reports:
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