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☆ Israel issues more than 1,000 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox draft avoiders
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-19 | by ( Tamar Michaelis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Israel’s military has issued 1,126 arrest warrants for ultra-Orthodox conscripts who have not responded to drafting orders, in a move likely to fuel discontent over a controversial decision to remove their decades-long exemption from service. The move is likely to fuel the discontent that has roiled the country since a Supreme Court ruling in June that ultra-Orthodox Jews could not be exempt from military service, as they have been since the founding of Israel. ‘Death rather than draft’Anger had been simmering among the ultra-Orthodox community even before the news of the arrest warrants. For many Haredis, the idea that they would be pulled from studying scripture and drafted into Israel’s military is simply out of the question. However, the community has since grown exponentially, allowing tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men to now avoid the draft.

Persons: Shay Tayeb, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Katz, Yoav Gallant, Tayib, ”, Yair Lapid, Katz, scuffles, Yona Kaye, “, ” Kaye Organizations: Defense, dodgers, Reuters Locations: Brig, Israel, Gaza, Lebanon, Gen, Bnei Brak, Tel Aviv

☆ Ultra-Orthodox party in Israel urges young Haredi men to resist draft
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Lauren Izso | Tim Lister | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Shas party urged potential conscripts Wednesday to ignore a call-up from the Israel Defense Forces, as political divisions over the controversial issue showed signs of widening. Ultra-Orthodox Jews, or Haredi, have traditionally been exempt from military service so as to be able to study the Torah. The move sparked fierce protests among Haredi communities. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fragile government coalition relies on two Haredi parties – United Torah Judaism and Shas – to govern. Netanyahu has been trying to advance legislation through Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, that would enshrine in law a draft exemption for Haredi men.

Persons: Shas, they’d, David Zini, General Shay Tayeb, Rabbi David Label, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Shas –, Netanyahu, Mick Krever Organizations: CNN, Israel Defense Forces, IDF, IDF Training Command Locations: Israel, Bnei Brak, Israel’s

☆ Why ultra-Orthodox conscription could threaten Israel’s coalition
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Mick Krever | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In Israel’s nascent days, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion agreed with Haredi rabbis to exempt from military service 400 men studying in religious schools, or yeshivas. Now, those piecemeal attempts to maintain the Haredi exemption may be running out. When the government came to power in late 2022, forming the most right-wing coalition in Israel’s history, the Haredim sensed an opportunity. The Israeli military has had a significant number of soldiers wounded in Gaza and has instituted massive call ups. It’s no longer just politics.”A delicate momentSome in the Haredi political leadership, perhaps recognizing the delicate political moment, have been generally cautious in defining a position.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, ” Yohanan Plesner, David Ben, Gurion, Israel –, Haredim, Knessets, IDI, Yoav Gallant, ”, Netanyahu, – Benny Gantz, –, ” Gantz, Plesner, ” Moshe Roth, Ofer Shelah, Yitzhak Goldknopf, Ari Kalman, “, doesn’t, Bnei Brak, Roth, Nechemia, it’s, It’s Organizations: CNN, Israel Democracy Institute, IDI, Israel’s, Institute for National Security Studies Locations: Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Gali Baharav, Gaza, Bnei

☆ Long-lost Roman forts spotted in declassified spy satellite photos
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Mindy Weisberger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

That survey was among the first to photograph archaeological sites from the air, and in 1934 Poidebard reported finding 116 Roman forts. But nearly a century later, mapping Poidebard’s forts to satellite photos was challenging. Those forts were aligned north to south along what was once the easternmost boundary of the Roman Empire, according to Poidebard. But Poidebard’s survey provided only a partial view of Rome’s ancient infrastructure, the researchers found. While Poidebard’s row of forts along the Roman Empire’s eastern front looked like a military fortification, this new evidence suggested that the forts collectively served a different purpose.

Persons: Rather, Jesse Casana, ” Casana, Casana, Father Antoine Poidebard, Poidebard, Father Antoine Poidebard's, —, ” Mindy Weisberger Organizations: CNN, United, Corona, Dartmouth College, Tell, Antiquity, Scientific Locations: United States, Iraq, Syria, New Hampshire, “, Iran, French, Qreiye, Roman, Birke, Mosul, Ninawa, ”, Rome

☆ Israel Protests Turn Focus to Women’s Rights Amid Religious Parties’ Rise
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Shayndi Raice | Photographs Kobi Wolf For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

BNEI BRAK, Israel—When Maayan Elkabir boarded a public bus in the Israeli city of Ashdod, she said the driver scolded the 15-year-old for wearing a tank top and shorts on a line used by ultra-Orthodox Jews. She said he told her and her teenage friends to sit at the back of the bus and cover themselves up with blankets.

Persons: Maayan Elkabir Locations: BNEI BRAK, Israel, Ashdod

CNN —Dutch police arrested over 1,500 people after Extinction Rebellion protesters blocked a motorway in The Hague on Saturday. Hundreds of police were deployed to “maintain public order” during the climate protest, Dutch police said in a press release Saturday. Oscar Brak/NurPhoto/Getty ImagesActivists are arrested after blocking the A12 motorway in The Hague. Michel Porro/Getty ImagesVideos of the protest posted in social media showed protesters dressed in swimsuits and raincoats, prepared for the water cannons. Forty people were arrested for other criminal offenses including obstructing, blocking, vandalism, and insulting, according to the press release.

BNAI BRAK, Israel—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rapidly moving ahead with a judicial-overhaul plan that could begin final passage through parliament next week, as the debate over the legislation exposes deep fissures between Israel’s secular and religious communities. Over the past three months, protests against the legislation have brought out hundreds of thousands of people in a country of nine million.

☆ The Year in Pictures 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +57 min

Every year, starting in early fall, photo editors at The New York Times begin sifting through the year’s work in an effort to pick out the most startling, most moving, most memorable pictures. But 2022 undoubtedly belongs to the war in Ukraine, a conflict now settling into a worryingly predictable rhythm. Erin Schaff/The New York Times “When you’re standing on the ground, you can’t visualize the scope of the destruction. Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 25. We see the same images over and over, and it’s really hard to make anything different.” Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 26.

☆ Cele mai bune destinații de vacanță deschise pentru turiștii vaccinați în vara lui 2021
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

După un an de călătorii restricționate, cei care au fost vaccinați înainte de sezonul estival ar putea avea ocazia să „evadeze”. European Best Destinations (EBD) a avut în vedere o serie de criterii - inclusiv incidența virusului și discuțiile legate de pașapoartele COVID - pentru a face un clasament cu cele mai bune destinații de vacanță pentru vara lui 2021. Lista include destinații de vacanță la plajă, dar și de city break-uri în nouă țări diferite. Stockholm, SuediaSuedia a folosit diferite strategii în abordarea COVID-19 și a îmbrățișat imediat ideea pașapoartelor de vaccinare pentru turiști, dar și pentru activitățile interne. Tbilisi, GeorgiaCea mai sigură destinație din vara anului 2020, Tbilisi a fost deschisă pentru turiștii vaccinați imediat ce vaccinul a fost disponibil.

Persons: Rubjerg, . Organizations: Parlamentul European, Insula Locations: Islanda, Spania, Grecia, Georgia, Portugalia, Danemarca, Suedia, Europa, Stockholm, Suedia Suedia, Insula Kos, Grecia Grecia, Insulele Canare, Spania Spania, Copenhaga, Danemarca Danemarca, Insula Rodos, Rhodos, Rubjerg, Atena, Grecia Atena, brak, . Sevilla, Spaniei, Sevilla, Cavtat Konavle, Croația Croația, Cefalonia, Kefalonia, Azore, Portugalia Portugalia, . Madeira, Madeira, . Tbilisi, Tbilisi

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