On video: Haredi demonstration in Jerusalem against conscription. 11.04.24/Photo: Roni Knafo. Video editing: Shiran Golan.
More than a thousand yeshiva students affiliated with the Jerusalem faction are gathering at this time in front of the recruiting office in Jerusalem for a demonstration against the promotion of legislation to recruit ultra-Orthodox members of the IDF. The demonstrators are waving banners that read, among other things, "If the status of his teachings and his art is not restored in full, we too will be deserters."
One of the rabbis attacked Demonstrating the ultra-Orthodox political leadership: "Those who call themselves ultra-Orthodox discuss with the government the way the Nazis discussed killings. They are trading souls. My people and I were sold for a few measly pennies. They are ready to knowingly and with open eyes hand over thousands of the people of Israel to be destroyed. On the sidelines of the demonstration, clashes broke out between protesters and police.
At the same time, the Brothers in Arms movement issued a statement today that said: "We will not settle for another outline of combined arms - everyone has to serve in military or civilian service. The goals and sanctions should be anchored in the law with teeth. The fact that after 7.10 they continue with evading combined arms is shameful and the public in Israel won't accept her."
The date for the High Court hearing on the conscription law is set for June 2 - the Supreme Court said yesterday. An expanded composition of nine judges was set for the hearing: Acting Supreme Court President Uzi Fogelman, Judge Yitzhak Amit, Judge Noam Solberg, Judge Dafna Barak Ben Erez, Judge David Mintz, Judge Yael Wilner, Judge Ofer Grosskopf, Judge A. Stein, Judge Gila Knafi Steinich.
On Sunday, the government requested separate representation at the Hijus High Court, which means that the government will hire a private attorney instead of the state attorney's office to represent it at the High Court .
On Monday, the Union of Yeshiva in Israel, which represents a number of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva, submitted its response to the High Court of Conscription Law through attorney Shmuel Horvitz. The union is a party to the petition, and it is asking the High Court to prevent the issuing of the orders to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students - as was first revealed in Walla! before the hearing in May of the petition.
"The decisions of the court and the state affect 63,000 young citizens, who indisputably did not violate the law," it said. "There is no dispute that from the point of view of the law, none of them is evading, since none of them evaded reporting to the date of reporting to the security service on a conscription order. Following that, 63,000 citizens started their school year and met every requirement the state asked of them. According to publications in the media, it seems that the haste and the pressure have taken their toll, and due to the pressure of the deputy's letter to the ombudsman, summons orders were hastily sent to complete recruitment procedures."