Overview
- Attorney General Gali Baharav‑Miara sent a letter pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to immediately advance enforcement against yeshiva students who have not reported for military service.
- The High Court of Justice recently issued a unanimous decision finding the government has failed to ensure equal conscription and set a 45‑day deadline for an enforcement framework.
- The ruling stated that benefits linked directly or indirectly to draft evasion should generally no longer continue.
- Baharav‑Miara said her office has prepared civil enforcement tools that can be implemented without new legislation and offered to brief the prime minister or his designee.
- Her letter called for coordinated work across the Prime Minister’s Office, Defense, Finance, Justice, and the IDF, as coalition parties debate draft legislation and Shas signals it may await rabbinic guidance before committing support.