Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling government coalition is under a new threat of being toppled after the largest opposition party introduced a measure to dissolve the parliament -- and key ultra- Orthodox political and spiritual leaders, angered over the prospect of ultra- Orthodox youth being included in the country's military draft, are supporting the move to force new elections.
Since Israel was created in 1948, ultra-Orthodox Haredi Jews have been exempted from the military conscription that's imposed on almost all other men and women. Haredi men typically dedicate their entire lives to religious study in seminaries called Yeshivas. With Israel waging a multi- front war encompassing Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran, the exemption has become increasingly unpopular with the other segments of Israeli society that must heed the call.
Poster Comment:
British surgeon Victoria Rose, who's just returned from Gaza: "They're coming through the doors like a conveyor belt... "
every day at least half [of my cases] were under the age of 11.. its barbaric"
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