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High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion

by | Sep 3, 2026 | JPost | 0 comments

Police officers stand by as ultra-Orthodox men block a road during a protest against conscription into the IDF in Bnei Brak in August. (photo credit: Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images)
Justice Ofer Grosskopf froze the law on July 15, one day after it passed, and the full nine-justice panel maintained that freeze following a hearing later that month.