High Court strikes down law shielding haredi yeshiva students from arrest over draft evasion
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Almost all judges of the court regard the law on conscientious objectors of Netanyahu's government as unconstitutional. Representatives of the coalition have already announced resistance.
Israel's top court strikes down law preventing arrest of Haredi draft dodgers
A panel of nine justices ruled that the considerable flaws in the legislative process rendered the bill unconstitutional. Eight of the justices also noted that the law 'severely infringes on the core of the constitutional right to equality'
Israeli High Court Unanimously Strikes Down Law Freezing Arrests of Chareidi Bnei Yeshivos
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday unanimously struck down legislation that had frozen arrests and other enforcement measures against Chareidi bnei yeshivos who failed to report for military service, dealing another major blow to efforts to protect lomdei Torah from arrest amid the ongoing draft crisis. All nine justices on the expanded panel agreed that a fundamental defect in the legislative process required the law to be invalidated. …
The Supreme Court accepted the petitions against the amendment to the Security Service Law, which prevented arrest and enforcement proceedings against yeshiva students who did not report for service. The law, which was enacted as a temporary order, was already frozen when the petitions were filed. The Chief of Staff warned during the legislation: "The proposal provides an incentive for not reporting for military service."
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