Israel's supreme court cancels conscription exemption law

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1. This is one of the biggest controversies in Israel.

If you remember those HUGE social justice protests a few years ago in Tel Aviv this is one of the issues they were protesting. My Israeli friend's sister was really involved with the protests.


The Israeli secular middle class serve in the IDF and these people don't. The secular middle class work, the "religious seminary students don't." The ultra-throdox also have way more kids than the secular population.

This means a smaller group of people wind up with the burden of protecting the country which naturally causes a lot of anger. The fact that ultra-orthodox will actually have to do something to protect the country is a good thing.