Attorney General: Enlist 3,000 ultra-Orthodox in IDF immediately

After the Supreme Court's decision on the Draft Law, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara stated that there is no legal basis for exempting haredi yeshiva students from IDF service, as reported by Arutz 7.

"The security system must act immediately to implement the Supreme Court's ruling om the recruitment of yeshiva students who are obligated to serve in the military, in accordance with the needs of the army and its capabilities. In accordance with this framework, the security system has already committed to act to recruit 3,000 yeshiva students in the current recruitment year, and this is in addition to the average number of recruits in recent years," Baharav-Miara wrote.

She went on to state that "this is an initial number for immediate recruitment, which does not fully reflect the current needs of the army and the promotion of the principle of equality in the burden, and the defense system must act to present a recruitment plan that includes an increase in this number."