Current sectionIsrael NewsHaaretz TodayHaaretz Today Before Israel drafts the ultra-Orthodox en masse, Israelis must decide what they want an integrated IDF to look like, and whether it should come at the expense of motivated soldiers, equality and securityShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe09:17 PM • May 24 2026 IDTIn a country whose national pastime is arguing, there is one hot-button issue that almost all of Israeli Jewish society seems to agree on. Speak to a Likud hawk or a Meretz peacenik, and both will likely tell you that it's about time to end the draft exemption for the Haredi population.CommentsIn the NewsFormer Israeli Soldier Dies by Suicide in Miami at Age 23Knesset Dissolution Stalls After ultra-Orthodox Parties Yield to NetanyahuIsraeli Strikes Kill Four in Lebanon as Hezbollah Fire on Israel ContinuesIsrael Rebukes Spain Over Police Treatment of Deported Gaza Flotilla Activists'There's Netanyahu Every Day, Dude': How Bibi Became a Global PunchlineRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIBen-Gvir Posts Video of Police Dragging Detained Gaza Flotilla ActivistsThe Most Consequential Republican Primary for Israel Is Happening in KentuckyUnmoved by Trump's Ticking Clock, Iran Forms a New Reality in the Persian Gulf`'It Was Okay to Be Crazy': IDF Soldiers Discuss Moral Decay in LebanonWorld Leaders Summon Israeli Envoys Over Ben-Gvir Gaza Flotilla Activists VideoOn Israel, Gaza and Palestine, Bigmouth Tucker Carlson Spoke Nothing but Truth