Haredim in Israel: military service? Only 177 report!

Haredim in Israel: military service? Only 177 report!

In Israel, conscription for ultra -orthodox Jews, who are known as Haredim, still stands the focus of a violent dispute. According to a current report by the Times of Israel, only 177 Haredim accepted their military service of the 10,000 sample decisions sent. In the last survey, 265 conscientious conscience of military service were also registered, which ignored the sample notices, which could bring them into a ban on departure and potential arrests by the police. This represents a significant challenge for the Israeli army, which counts around 67,000 Haredim, who is capable of military service, and ensures continuing tensions within Israeli society, as reports the news agency KNA.

The Federal Supreme Court recently questioned the existing status quo by deciding that the exemption from conscription for ultra -orthodox Jews has no legal basis, which has had an impact on the law since the changes. The Court of Justice granted the government a period of one year to develop the necessary legal reforms, otherwise an emergency regulation would come into force that would extend conscription to all men without exception, as "Focus Jerusalem". The President of the court Miriam Naor emphasized that the previous exceptions seriously violate the principle of equality, and it was also time that Haredim also contributes to the defense of the country.

protests and resistance

The social division has long since spilled onto the streets of Israel; Many Haredim make a decision against conscription because they fear that they will lose their religious values ​​through military service. When the State of Israel was founded, the Jewish rabbis was assured that Talmud students remained exempt from conscription. However, this regulation has come across a great lack of understanding in the secular population that feels disadvantaged. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri agreed to fight the exceptions and described the court's attitude as "completely detached from our traditions". The resistance of the Haredim shows that the topic of compulsory military service not only reveals legal, but also in -depth cultural tensions in Israel, with which the government and society have to deal with in the near future.