CNN —The Israeli Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday ordering the government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military. Since Israel’s founding, ultra-Orthodox Jews have been exempt from mandatory military service. Some do, but far fewer than most Israeli Jews. Technically, the military service exemption applied to young men who were actively studying at a yeshiva. In essence, the court said that the ultra-Orthodox could not be treated differently from other Israeli Jews.

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Persons: –, “, Staff Herzi Halevi, ” Gilad Malach, ”, General Gil Limon, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Israel Democracy Institute, Shas, Israel Defense Forces ’, Staff, IDF, United, Likud Locations: Israel, Gaza, Lebanon