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Netanyahu Defends Haredi Draft Exemptions, Condemns Arrests
Summarized from Israel National News by baba
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Haredi draft exemptions, calling recent arrests of yeshiva students "not acceptable" and promising a new conscription law in the next term. He expressed understanding for Haredi frustration and emphasized the importance of Torah study for national preservation. Netanyahu also ruled out a plea deal in his legal cases. Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot vowed to oppose any such draft exemption law.
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned arrests of draft-evading yeshiva students as unacceptable.
- Netanyahu promised a new Haredi conscription law in the next term to settle relations with secular Israelis.
- He stated that Torah study has preserved the Jewish people through generations and the state.
- Netanyahu ruled out any possibility of a plea bargain in his criminal cases.
- Yashar Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot vowed to oppose any draft exemption law Netanyahu might advance.
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