If passed, the law would protect draft evading yeshiva students from being arrested or investigated for at least six months. The IDF chief and Knesset legal advisers heavily criticized the bill, calling it 'impermissible discrimination'

Committee legal adviser warns measure grants yeshiva students a sector-wide exemption without meaningful oversight or penalties, but coalition lawmakers approved it for final…

The advancement of a bill to freeze the arrests of draft evaders comes after the contentious Basic Law: Torah Study bill advanced last week in the Knesset’s House Committee.