Israel's Supreme Court Rules That Ultra-Orthodox Jews Will Join the Army

par This Is Beirut, 25/06 13:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Israel's top court unanimously ruled Tuesday that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men to military service, a decision that could upend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition. The High Court of Justice's decision on the politically volatile issue came amid growing calls that ultra-Orthodox men, who have historically been ...