Israel Court Blocks Funds for Religious Exempts from Conscription - Breaking News. Israel's Supreme Court - in a strong step - issued an interim order preventing the government from funding the monthly salaries of a group of Orthodox Jews at religious schools after April 1.
The move - according to the media - was justified by the fact that the relevant legal framework no longer exists as Benjamin Netanyahu's government was unable to agree on a comprehensive reform law. The decision creates strong tensions in the prime minister's government where there are two religious parties that have harshly attacked the Supreme Court's move.