Refusing to serve divides society: How haredi draft dodging harms Israel - opinion

Sebastian Ujică

Last week's events in Jerusalem have left a bruise on the city's soul and, by extension, on the fabric of Israeli society as a whole. The ultra-Orthodox, or haredi, communities who so forcefully asserted themselves in the city did not just make a statement about the draft – they made a statement about their relationship with the very country they call home.While their display of unity may seem, to them, like a show of power in the fight against conscription, the truth is far more complicated.

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