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Latest version of Charedi draft bill will maintain service exemption for yeshiva students

The bill, written by a Likued MK, will also allow draft dodgers to ‘age out’ of sanctions following threats of coalition resignations from the Charedi parties

November 28, 2025 12:40
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Likud MK Boaz Bismuth, chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee (Flash 90)
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A political row is brewing in Israel over the latest draft of the Charedi conscription bill.

The new version, released to members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee yesterday, reportedly reintroduces a service exemption for yeshiva students and weakens the sanctions against draft dodgers.

Per the Times of Israel, the bill states its aim is to "reduce inequality in conscription for regular military service".

Yet it apparently includes a measure allowing full-time yeshiva students the option of deferring their military service each year.

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