Israel's top court rules Jewish ultra-Orthodox must begin being drafted into army
STORY: Israel's top court rules Jewish ultra-Orthodox must begin being drafted into army
SHOOTING TIME: June 27, 2024
DATELINE: June 28, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:15
LOCATION: Jerusalem
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protesting in Bnei Brak, Israel
STORYLINE:
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the government must draft ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that threatens to destabilize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government amid the war in Gaza.
In a unanimous ruling, the judges concluded that "there is no legal foundation" for the long-standing military exemption granted to Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students and that the country's mandatory service laws must also be enforced for ultra-Orthodox men.
Referring to Israel's almost nine-month-long war in Gaza, the court said that "at the height of a difficult war, the burden of inequality is more than ever acute."
Most Jewish Israeli men and women are required to
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