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United Torah Judaism Party chairman says the haredi community would leave Israel entirely if they are faced with a mandatory ...

In a lengthy interview with the ultra-Orthodox Kikar Hashabbat news site, the veteran Haredi politician — whose United Torah ...

UTJ's Degel Hatorah faction warns it could leave government within 24 hours unless presented with draft legislation exempting ...

The Sephardi haredi party Shas remained mum on Monday about whether or not it would join UTJ. The United Torah Judaism (UTJ) ...

The United Torah Judaism claimed that the Shas chairman had deceived the Rabbis by keeping his party in the coalition.

As Israel’s ruling coalition fractures over the Haredi Draft bill, religious parties threaten to quit, and pressure mounts ...

The cost? More time for United Torah Judaism and Shas to gut the draft legislation that would bring their communities into the national fold. The current version of the bill proposes modest targets ...

FILE - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men and boys block a road during a protest against the country's military draft in Jerusalem, on Feb. 26, 2024. Israel's High Court ruling Thursday, March 28, to ...

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told the Knesset plenum last week that 3,000 haredi soldiers will be drafted to the military by next summer.

Young Haredi students pray at the sacred Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Matteo Placucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Religious switching into and out of Judaism is rare in ...