Haredi Leader's Controversial Remarks Exacerbate Tensions with Israeli Society
Rabbi Dov Landau, a leading haredi rabbi, recently issued controversial statements rejecting the legitimacy of Religious Zionist soldiers' deaths and secular Israelis, claiming that Israel's survival rests solely on Torah study and expressing preference for Arab rule in the past. These remarks deepe...
Haredi Leader's Controversial Remarks Exacerbate Tensions with Israeli Society
Rabbi Dov Landau, a leading haredi rabbi, recently issued controversial statements rejecting the legitimacy of Religious Zionist soldiers' deaths and secular Israelis, claiming that Israel's survival rests solely on Torah study and expressing preference for Arab rule in the past. These remarks deepe...
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52% Bias Score
Israel's Haredi Draft Plan: 9,000 Soldiers in Seven Years
The Israeli government unveiled a plan to gradually draft 9,000 haredi men into the IDF over seven years, implementing a collective quota system with state benefits as the sanction for non-compliance, facing criticism for its potential ineffectiveness and legal challenges.
Israel's Haredi Draft Plan: 9,000 Soldiers in Seven Years
The Israeli government unveiled a plan to gradually draft 9,000 haredi men into the IDF over seven years, implementing a collective quota system with state benefits as the sanction for non-compliance, facing criticism for its potential ineffectiveness and legal challenges.
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36% Bias Score
Israel's Sleepless Divide: Conflict's Unequal Burden Fuels Societal Tensions
Israeli journalist Kalman Liebskind highlights a societal divide between those sleeping peacefully and those unable to due to the ongoing conflict, impacting leadership and media; this division reflects the unequal burden of national security, exacerbating societal tensions.
Israel's Sleepless Divide: Conflict's Unequal Burden Fuels Societal Tensions
Israeli journalist Kalman Liebskind highlights a societal divide between those sleeping peacefully and those unable to due to the ongoing conflict, impacting leadership and media; this division reflects the unequal burden of national security, exacerbating societal tensions.
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56% Bias Score
Russia Eases Military Medical Standards to Boost Recruitment
The Russian Ministry of Defense proposed changes to military medical examination standards, expanding the pool of eligible recruits by allowing those with healed infectious diseases or mild mental health issues to serve in non-combat roles, reflecting lessons learned from the ongoing military operat...
Russia Eases Military Medical Standards to Boost Recruitment
The Russian Ministry of Defense proposed changes to military medical examination standards, expanding the pool of eligible recruits by allowing those with healed infectious diseases or mild mental health issues to serve in non-combat roles, reflecting lessons learned from the ongoing military operat...
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48% Bias Score
Katz's IDF Haredi Integration Bill Faces Opposition
Defense Minister Israel Katz presented a bill to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee aiming to integrate haredim into the IDF, projecting 4,800 recruits in 2025, increasing to 5,700 in 2026, and reaching 50% of eligible haredim by 2032; however, opposition MKs criticized the plan as to...
Katz's IDF Haredi Integration Bill Faces Opposition
Defense Minister Israel Katz presented a bill to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee aiming to integrate haredim into the IDF, projecting 4,800 recruits in 2025, increasing to 5,700 in 2026, and reaching 50% of eligible haredim by 2032; however, opposition MKs criticized the plan as to...
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64% Bias Score
Haredi Military Exemptions: From Ben-Gurion's Concession to Netanyahu's Crisis"
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision to exempt some yeshiva students from military service, initially a small concession, grew into a major issue under Menachem Begin, and now threatens Israel's security, economy, and social fabric under Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed law to further expand the exemption....
Haredi Military Exemptions: From Ben-Gurion's Concession to Netanyahu's Crisis"
David Ben-Gurion's 1948 decision to exempt some yeshiva students from military service, initially a small concession, grew into a major issue under Menachem Begin, and now threatens Israel's security, economy, and social fabric under Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed law to further expand the exemption....
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68% Bias Score