Overview

• Baruch Yitzchakov was released on Sunday after 13 days in military custody, joining other freed yeshiva students and fueling celebratory protests outside Military Prison 10.
• Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef publicly labeled Prime Minister Netanyahu an ‘atheist,’ accused military police of disproportionately targeting Sephardic yeshiva students and urged families to refuse draft officers entry.
• Meir Yona said he was handcuffed and held in a cell without air conditioning or water after his arrest on desertion charges last week.
• The IDF has rejected allegations of ethnic bias, insisting enforcement against draft evaders is lawful and focused on non-Haredi areas with no change in policy.
• The conscription dispute has fractured Netanyahu’s coalition, with Shas and United Torah Judaism withdrawing and senior rabbis warning of community departures.