At the start of Operation Roaring Lion, Netanyahu announced that the draft bill would be “set aside” for the sake of national ...

There has been anger in Israel after a clause was added to the Israeli budget bill giving funding to ultra-Orthodox ...

Caught by a parliamentary 'maneuver,' lawmakers mistakenly supported a surprise reservation to the 2026 state budget ...

The allocations to haredi institutions had previously been blocked by legal advisors, with some opposition lawmakers issuing ...

According to IDI, the ultra Orthodox community is growing fast, but gaps in employment, income, and military service persist, particularly among haredi men. The Israel Democracy Institute on Sunday ...

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The Knesset passed the state budget at second and third readings last night by a majority of 62 to 55. There was unusual ...

The Knesset has approved the 2026 state budget, avoiding elections, as coalition partners back the plan despite earlier ...

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Controversial legislation would hand sweeping exemptions to ultra-Orthodox men from mandatory military service.

Citizens should contribute as much as they can to the country, and the state should give back. That kind of reciprocal relationship is our guiding principle,” she says.

Jerusalem’s sea of black last week was not merely a massive protest — it was a reckoning. An estimated 200,000 ultra-Orthodox men filled the streets that day to demand exemption from the draft, ...