Haredi

Israel 'abandoned' haredi students, education reform needed, Aliza Bloch tells 'Post' - interview

She criticized the structure of Israel's education system, arguing that the government has ceded too much responsibility for decisions affecting students to bodies outside the public sector.

|BySHIR PERETS
Former Beit Shemesh mayor and Unity Party member Aliza Bloch in an interview with 'The Jerusalem Post.'
A PLENUM session at the Knesset.

Israel’s second War of Independence: The end of strategic illusions - opinion

Israel needs a government capable of combining military power with diplomatic judgment and building regional alliances.

|ByILAN MOR
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party attends a conference in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, July 9, 2026.

Shas invokes IDF soldiers in election campaign ad, drawing Gadi Eisenkot's ire

The Shas campaign video features a family gathered for a Shabbat dinner before a son returns home from his army base and embraces his family members.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Shas MK Michael Malchieli attends a conference for West Bank sovereignty at the Knesset, July 21, 2025.

'Malchieli is a murderer!' Shas condemns protests against MK over haredi draft law

Malchieli has stated that yeshiva students should be able to defer service as long as Torah study is their occupation, and recently said he would "not ask for a collective exemption for haredim."

|BySHIR PERETS

'It was a ticking bomb': Inside Israel's most uncomfortable dialogue

A haredi journalist, a Palestinian civic leader from Nazareth and a religious-Zionist philosopher describe what happened when TEMA put them in the same room.

AUGUST 5, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Palestinian and Israeli flags overlook Dome of Rock and Western Wall

'Traitor to the Jewish people': Haredim protest against Ofer Winter after enlistment conference

Winter has frequently appeared at conferences and public events as he considers entering politics ahead of the upcoming elections.

AUGUST 4, 2026ByAVI SOLOMON
A protester shouts at former IDF Brig. Gen. Ofer Winter during a demonstration against an IDF recruitment conference for the Haredi community in Jerusalem, August 4, 2026.

Knesset panel approves budget transfer of NIS 270 million to haredi education during recess

The committee approved a total of approximately NIS 1 billion in budget allocations for the Education Ministry, the Settlement and National Missions Ministry, and the Religious Services Ministry.

AUGUST 4, 2026ByKESHET NEEV, SARAH BEN-NUN
Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, August 4, 2026.

Exhibition of ultra-Orthodox military draft cartoons vandalized ahead of Animix Festival

A young man wearing a kippah confronted organizers and Tel Aviv Cinematheque CEO Tomer Cohen. They said he tore down and damaged parts of the exhibition before attempting to flee.

AUGUST 4, 2026ByHANNAH BROWN
Cartoon showing Moses saying, "Don't they teach this commandment at yeshivas?" and holding a tablet that says, "Thou shalt not vandalize cartoons," created in response to the incident.

IDF Atidim launches first dedicated engineering track for haredi, minority students

Students will earn practical engineering diplomas before enlistment, serve in leading Military Intelligence technology units, and complete full engineering degrees during their military service.

AUGUST 4, 2026ByAMIR BOHBOT
The students will be integrated into core technological units in the Military Intelligence Directorate and the IDF in general. Program opening ceremony via Walla.

Haredi anti-draft protesters demonstrate against new Ma'alot Tzur enlistment program head- report

According to N12, the protesters arrived in organized transportation, stood outside the new head's home, and distributed pashkevilim (broadsides or posters used by the ultra-Orthodox community).

AUGUST 3, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ultra orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, in Jerusalem, July 15, 2026.

Netanyahu can't campaign against draft-evasion law he just backed - editorial

The haredi public is a vital part of Israel, but that does not justify mass exemption during a sustained national-security emergency.

AUGUST 3, 2026ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

Israel Police declare haredi anti-draft protest in Jerusalem disruptive after major road blocked

As such, the police stated that they were working to clear the road and disperse the protesters.

AUGUST 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, KESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police during a protest against construction work on the Jerusalem Light Rail in the Bar-Ilan area of Jerusalem, June 8, 2026.

Draft dodgers will either 'enlist or go to prison,' Netanyahu says in closed-door meeting - report

Further, KAN reported that Netanyahu acknowledged the draft law was unsuccessful and that it would not be brought back in the next government.

AUGUST 2, 2026ByKESHET NEEV, JAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
LIKUD LEADER BENJAMIN Netanyahu shakes hands with United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Goldknopf in the Knesset last week. If Netanyahu’s promise of a full budget for all haredi educational institutions is realized, the already-low incentive to provide core studies will disappear entirely.

Avigdor Liberman joins supporters as haredi protesters target Jerusalem café for fifth week

Customers shouted “Enlist, enlist” as haredi protesters demonstrated outside the Jerusalem café for a fifth consecutive Saturday.

AUGUST 1, 2026ByALON HACHMON
Cafe Basimta, Jerusalem