• 02/07/2025

Prologue Journal

Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Israel

For first time, haredi man arrested at airport trying to flee IDF conscription

Jerusalem Post

‘THE HAREDI leadership argues that it is forbidden to draft yeshiva students whose Torah is their profession and that they defend the State of Israel through their studies.’ (photo credit: Marc Israel Sellem/Jerusalem Post)
This marks the first arrest of an ultra-Orthodox deserter since the exemption status of Haredim was revoked in July 2024, and 3000 draft orders were sent out.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-841087