'We have prayer, we are serving, we are dying': IDF reservists frustrated over haredi draft issue

Israel

As tens of thousands of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Israelis flooded the streets to protest a proposed law that would draft yeshiva students into the army, voices from across Israeli society reflected the depth of the divide - between those who see Torah study as a vital spiritual defense, and those who believe national service is a moral and civic duty.Two reservists, one Israeli-born and one who came to Israel to learn and serve with Hesder, a program that allows both Yeshiva studies and military