IOF to begin drafting Haredi Jews starting next week
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Starting Sunday, the Israeli occupation will begin recruiting students of the ultra-Orthodox community into the military in accordance with the recent mandatory conscription law.
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Israeli police disperse ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a highway during a protest against army recruitment in Bnei Brak, occupied Palestine, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli occupation military will kickstart the process of drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews for military service starting next week, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
A statement released by the Israeli military revealed that starting Sunday, "the process of issuing initial summons orders for the first call-up" would begin, ahead of the upcoming July recruitment cycle.
Consequently, Haredim protesters clashed with the occupation police on Tuesday and blocked a main highway before being forced to disperse.
The issue of mandatory conscription has been a heated topic in "Israel" amid the Haredim community's rejection of the legislation. Members of the community have been constantly protesting their government, while chief Rabbis have called for the boycott of all recruitment offices.
'Israel has no right to exist', Chief Rabbis say upon Haredim draft
Last week, "Israel's" chief Sephardic rabbis officially instructed Yeshiva students to ignore army recruitment offices, slamming the latest mandatory conscription law discussed within the Knesset, and encouraging students to "favor prison and budget deprivations rather than cooperating with the Israeli army."
They stated that the law aimed to "destroy the Torah".
Rabbi Dov Landau, one of the chief rabbis of the Haredim, aggressively attacked Security Minister Yoav Gallant's decision to call up 3,000 Haredi Jews for military service, saying "A state that recruits yeshivas has no right to exist."
"The army is at war with us, and wants to usurp the Torah students' rights, which is complete suicide," he said, adding "In the absence of the regime, and amid the army's war against us, what is the point of standing for what? The government is completely and absolutely against us."
Upon discourse regarding the mandatory conscription of the ultra-orthodox community, the chief rabbis convened and urged the Haredim to divert from drafting orders and abstain from going to recruitment offices.
