Ultra-Orthodox Jews resist military service
Government considers controversial proposal to stop granting seminary students exemptions from army duty.
Published On 26 May 2013
An official Israeli committee has handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service.
These exemptions have generated widespread resentment in a country where military service is compulsory for Jewish citizens.
Public anger over the exemptions was a central issue in January elections and helped propel the centrist Yesh Atid party to a strong showing.
Al Jazeera’s Jane Ferguson reports from Jerusalem.
Source: Al Jazeera