The law that regulated the postponement of their service expired already last June. As of this time, the ombudsman has already requested five times to postpone the submission of the Israeli government's position on the issue.
Now, it remains to be seen how the Supreme Court of Justice will react. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, the ultra-Orthodox make up about 13% of the total population in Israel, while according to the data published by the IDF - in last December's recruitment, only 188 ultra- orthodox recruits were recruited.