The arrest-freeze law is intended to prevent for several months the arrest, investigation and enforcement proceedings against ultra-Orthodox deserters who are recognized as yeshiva students; The law was approved by a vote of 58 to 54

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.