The Supreme Courtroom on Thursday ordered the suspension of state subsidies to ultra-Orthodox Jews who research in yeshivas as a substitute of serving within the army. The transfer might have far-reaching penalties for Netanyahu’s authorities and the tens of hundreds of non secular males who’re presently exempt from necessary army service.
The courtroom’s determination got here simply days earlier than an April 1 deadline for the Israeli authorities to agree on a brand new legislation permitting the ultra-Orthodox group to keep away from being drafted, based on media stories. The federal government is presently debating a invoice that will search to compromise by permitting exemptions with limitations.
It’s the most critical menace to Netanyahu’s authorities since he established a fragile nationwide unity administration within the days following the Oct. 7 assault by the Hamas militant group.
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