Israeli draft

Likud Court dismisses petitions to expel Gallant from party despite harsh criticisms against him

In the ruling, issued on Sunday, Court President Michael Kleiner and members Yitzhak Bam and Yair Lachen determined that there was no legal basis to terminate Gallant’s membership in Likud.

FORMER DEFENSE minister Yoav Galant arrives to the Likud court for a discussion on the proposal to remove Galant from the Likud party.
HAREDI PROTESTERS block Highway 1, June 1, 2026.

Ultra-Orthodox protesters block Jerusalem's Tunnel Checkpoint after draft dodger arrested

HAREDI MEN protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an IDF draft order, in May 2026.

WATCH: Bodycam shows soldier rescued by police from haredi protest amid threats, attacks

IDF forces during the “Sulfur and Fire” readiness exercise on May 15, 2026.

The controversy over mixed-gender IDF units still ruffles Israeli society - opinion


IDF to begin allowing HIV-positive soldiers

The announcement was made in honor of World AIDS Day.

The Givati Brigade completed a training exercise to prepare the soldiers for combat in the northern region

Yesh Atid file High Court petition against annulment of obligatory military service for haredi men

Lapid says Netanyahu, Bennett, Ya'alon show they have "no values" by supporting amendment to haredi draft bill.

Yair Lapid

Radical haredi faction promises to ‘ignite the streets' in protest at amendment to enlistment law

Rabbinic leader of Jerusalem Faction says amendment would 'restrict and limit the fulfillment of the Torah, God forbid, through targets and similar things and with various blandishments."

Haredi soldier

IDF cuts male soldiers service from 36 to 32 months

Cut makes up gap in manpower to change face of the army.

An IDF soldier takes part in drills on the Golan Heights

To promote integration, IDF shuts down Druse battalion

IDF source: "Our wish is to fulfill the wants of Druse youths, who clearly want to integrate into the wider IDF, and not be in their own battalion,"

Herev Battalion

Bill barring draft-dodgers from getting scholarships heads to final vote

Any university student who did not serve in the IDF or national service and did not receive an exemption from service will have to pay full tuition.

ULTRA-ORTHODOX MEN walk past soldiers at the Kotel in Jerusalem