Israeli draft

Israeli youth eager for combat, majority see IDF as victorious - poll

Despite their faith in the IDF, just 59% expressed medium-to-high levels of trust in the IDF's senior command, while 41% said that they had low or very low trust in the army's senior leadership.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir meets with soldiers in southern Lebanon, July 4, 2026.
Reservists Party leader Yoaz Hendel presents national PTSD recovery plan after October 7, May 10, 2026.

'Abandoning values': Yoaz Hendel accuses Religious Zionist Party of encouraging mass draft evasion

Maj.-Gen. David (Dado) Bar Kalifa, Head of the Manpower Directorate attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on September 17, 2025.

Mandatory service extension will not solve army manpower crisis, head of IDF personnel warns

 Haredi men are seen protesting the effort to draft ultra-Orthodox Israelis into the IDF.

Over 70 mayors, council leaders file petition against haredi draft exemption law


Former IDF chief working on plan to draft all haredim and Arabs

The draft plan could be a stepping stone for Gantz to enter politics.

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz speaks at Limmud FSU

IDF reservists call to investigate US funding promoting draft-dodging

“It is our belief that the direct financing of activities that endorse draft dodging is unacceptable, especially between respectable allies and friends like the United States and Israel.”

IDF soldiers participating in the Or HaDagan Northern Command drill, September, 2017.

Students pen letter refusing draft: IDF implements policy of racist gov't

The students called on other youth to question and refuse enlistment in the IDF.

A conscript displays his identifying dog tag at the Tel Hashomer Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Recruitment Center near Tel Aviv March 14, 2010.

WATCH: Police suppress Haredi draft protest with skunk water, force

Police have employed skunk water and other physical methods to disperse the crowds and have arrested at least 25 men so far.

Ultra-Orthodox protestors of the draft are sprayed with water canons in Bnei Brak

Police: We handled haredi draft protesters carefully and cautiously

90 of the 120 men arrested have been released, though smaller-scale demonstrations have continued.

Police arrest a haredi man protesting against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox into the IDF, October 2017

September 17, 2017: Torah and the draft

Reuven Hammer makes it clear that Jewish law not only fails to exempt Torah students from serving in a national Jewish army, but clearly makes it mandatory.

Letters

Comment: Employment springboard- how haredi men benefit from IDF service

It is true that the Israeli army is not meeting its induction goals.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews attend a protest against a law calling for members of their community to serve in the army, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood December 22, 2015.

Canadian immigrant outside IDF enlistment center demands to serve

31-year-old Lionel Kalles has been told his Hebrew is too weak to join the army.

31 year old Lionel Kalles is standing outside the IDF induction center in Ramat Gan with a sign calling on the army to let him serve.

Haredi MKs to support sanctions against anti-conscription incitement

The incitement campaign has been led by the Jerusalem Faction,a group that has virulently and oftentimes violently opposed any haredi conscription to the IDF whatsoever.

United Torah Judaism MK Moshe Gafni

Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in New York protest IDF draft law

Anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic group joins Israeli Orthodox in campaign against Orthodox conscription into the IDF.

Orthodox anti-draft rally Barclays Center