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Israeli ultra-Orthodox minister breaks ranks on military draft

  • Arbel told a podcast “there is no moral possibility” for students of Jewish seminaries, or yeshivas, to avoid the draft
  • Military service is compulsory for most Israelis, but ultra-Orthodox men studying religion full-time had been largely exempt
By AFP ·

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