Israeli Defense Minister calls for ultra-Orthodox to do military service. Yoav Gallant calls on all parties in the ruling coalition to support his plan.
Currently, ultra- orthodox Jews can benefit from exemptions on the grounds that they devote their time to studying the holy scriptures. In the wake of the unprecedented attack by Hamas on Israeli soil on October 7 and the war launched in retaliation by Israel against the Palestinian Islamist movement in power in the Gaza Strip, debate has intensified in Israel on the sharing of the military burden.