Israel defence minister says ultra-Orthodox should serve
"We must all bear the burden," Gallant said, addressing what has long been a divisive political issue in a country with mandatory military service for most citizens. Since Israel was founded in 1948, Jewish men who study the Torah full-time in a seminary are granted an annual deferment from military service until the age of 26, at which point they become exempt. But since the war in Gaza erupted after Hamas's October 7 attack, a decades-old debate around these exemptions has taken on a new urgency. Читать дальше...