Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled in a landmark case that ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students must be drafted to the military.
There have been long-standing exemptions for conscription for young men registered in full-time religious study, but a legal arrangement allowing the practice to continue expired recently.
The strains of the current war in Gaza – with Israeli military leaders complaining of a shortage of combat soldiers – have led to renewed demands for what is seen as more equal sharing of the security burden.
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