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Student unions from Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion called on other universities to join them in boycotting the start of the academic year. Students who have completed hundreds of days of reserve duty feel that the ultra-Orthodox exemption tells them 'there are those who are equal and those who are more equal'
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The Ben-Gurion University Students Union announced on Sunday morning that it will strike from the start of the academic year in protest of the Haredi exemption law, a bill that would exempt ultra-Orthodox men from serving in the Israeli Defense Forces.
