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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Melanie Lidman

Israel's courts say the military must enlist the ultra-Orthodox. What could that mean for Netanyahu?

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The Supreme Court unanimously ordered the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish men into the army — a landmark ruling seeking to end a system that has allowed them to avoid enlistment into compulsory military service.

Roughly 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews make up about 13% of Israel's population and oppose enlistment because they believe that studying full time in religious seminaries is their most important duty.

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