Defense Ministry backs 90-freeze on haredi draft evader arrests as Israel faces coalition crisis
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Source: The Jerusalem Post
Published: 2026-06-29 01:49 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Politics, Middle East, Military & Defence, World News
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Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday called to advance a proposal that would temporarily freeze the arrests of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) draft evaders, as he urged Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chair Boaz Bismuth (Likud) in a letter to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the matter.
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