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Over 90,000 Yeshiva Students Face Funding Freeze After Israeli Supreme Court Ruling
How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
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By אברהם פריינד
First reported by Calcalist · Jul 29, 2026
What happened
Following a Supreme Court ruling on military conscription, the Israeli Ministry of Education has frozen stipend payments to over 90,000 yeshiva students, halting about 600 million shekels in funding for 2026.
- 01More than 90,000 yeshiva students and scholars have had their stipends frozen.
- 02This group constitutes roughly half of all eligible yeshiva students.
- 03The funding freeze follows a Supreme Court ruling on military conscription.
- 04The Ministry of Education reported the freeze to the Finance Committee.
- 05The financial impact is estimated at around 600 million shekels for 2026.
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