By approving the budget, ultra-Orthodox parties protected their coalition role, despite mounting pressure to end IDF exemptions for their community As another round of war in Gaza approaches, the ...

but the situation is driving the public to a harsher stance. The outcome will have profound implications not just for the ultra-Orthodox community, but for the future of Israeli society as a whole.

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