IDF grants draft dodgers 'holiday pardon' as thousands of soldiers observe holiday on front lines
The army further stressed that the move was taken “without any intervention or influence from the political echelon.”
A haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jewish man holds a placard next to a police horse as he takes part in a protest against pressure to conscript into the military in Bnei Brak, Israel, June 5, 2025. The words in Hebrew read "We will not enlist in the enemy army."(photo credit: REUTERS/ITAI RON)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated:
