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Haredi rabbi likens draft enforcement to Amalek and urges spiritual resistance
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First reported by Srugim · Jun 24, 2026
What happened
Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch, head of the Edah HaChareidis, issued two letters attacking Israeli authorities over arrests of Haredi draft evaders. He compared the crackdown to persecution and to Amalek, and urged more Torah study rather than violence.
- 01Moshe Sternbuch issued two unusually harsh letters on Wednesday.
- 02He denounced arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft refusers as severe persecution.
- 03He referenced 48 yeshiva students in military prison.
- 04He compared anti-draft efforts to the biblical struggle against Amalek.
- 05He urged intensified Torah study as the response, not violence.
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