Israel Police are preparing for nationwide protests on Wednesday as ultra-Orthodox activists launch vehicle convoys to demonstrate against mandatory military enlistment. Starting at 4:00 p.m., demonstrators from 19 cities—including Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, and Haifa—plan to disrupt major transit routes. Organizers, led by Agudat Yisrael and the Jerusalem Faction, demand the release of detained draft evaders … Read more
United Torah Judaism (UTJ) chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to revise a pending government proposal regarding the development of rural settlements in Judea and Samaria. Goldknopf’s Thursday appeal demands that the Haredi population be explicitly included in plans for “temporary sites,” arguing that current drafts exclude the community despite it … Read more
The Israeli Ministry of Education has initiated a significant legal challenge against a kollel in Ashkelon, uncovering what officials characterize as one of the most extensive instances of fraudulent reporting ever identified within a Torah study institution. The lawsuit alleges that the nonprofit organization systematically inflated its enrollment figures to secure millions of shekels in … Read more