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High Court Demands Explanation for Higher State Payments to Haredi Civil Service Recruits
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100% centerFirst reported by Mako · Jun 14, 2026
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What happened
Israel’s High Court has ordered the state to explain why Haredi national-civil service recruits receive much higher stipends than other service participants, including IDF fighters. The state must respond within 30 days, after a petition argued the system creates an unequal and state-funded alternative to enlistment.
- 01High Court orders Israel to justify higher payments for Haredi civil service recruits.
- 02A married Haredi father can receive up to 4,581 shekels a month.
- 03Regular national service pays 1,325 shekels monthly, less than IDF combat pay.
- 04The court gave the state 30 days to answer three legal questions.
- 05Israel Hofsheet says the system creates a subsidized draft-evasion route.
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