Declaring that they would rather die than enlist in the Israeli occupation army, Haredi demonstrators blocked a light rail in occupied Al-Quds and scuffled with occupation police on Monday night. Israeli media reported that dozens of ultra-Orthodox men block the tracks of the light rail in protest against their planned ...
Israeli Military chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Thursday morning there is “no substitute” for the so-called “people’s army” model — one in which all Israelis are meant to serve — amid plans by the government to lower the age at which ultra-Orthodox men can gain permanent exemptions from ...