Overview

• Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef publicly denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “an atheist” and faulted Haredi lawmakers for trusting him to secure draft exemptions.
• Military police have detained multiple Sephardic yeshiva students, including Meir Yona, who reported being held in cells without air conditioning or water.
• IDF officials deny any change in policy or discriminatory targeting, insisting enforcement against draft evaders follows the law.
• Protests at Military Prison 10 persist each night with hundreds gathering to demand the release of detainees and oppose conscription measures.
• Shas and United Torah Judaism have reportedly quit the coalition over the stalled draft legislation, intensifying political instability.