Chabad Students Agree to IDF Enlistment After Airport Arrests
Summarized from Israel National News by baba
Forty Chabad-Lubavitch yeshiva students arrested at Ben Gurion Airport for draft evasion have agreed to enlist in the IDF. The students were detained upon returning from studies in New York due to a recently canceled agreement facilitating their service. While 40 have agreed to enlist and will be assigned to Haredi tracks, two students remain in military prison.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Forty Chabad yeshiva students agreed to enlist in the IDF after being arrested at Ben Gurion Airport.
- Two students remain in military prison after evading service for over 540 days.
- The arrests followed the recent cancellation of a long-standing agreement between the IDF and the Chabad movement.
- The students were returning from a year of study at the Chabad world headquarters in New York.
- Ben Gurion Airport has become a focal point for enforcing military service against Haredi men returning from abroad.
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