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Anonymous 10w

I don’t think people really get what this is actually talking about. What this is referring to is how, previously, Haredi Jewish men were exempted from IDF service, but since 2024 that exemption has started being closed, leaving only men engaged in full Torah study exempt from military service.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

So what this is specifically talking about is how Haredi Jewish men are now going to be conscripted into the IDF unless they are engaged in full time Torah study. This is a very specific political controversy in Israel. It’s mostly about internal Jewish community politics, which does relate to Israel’s colonization of the West Bank. But this quote sounds like something else if you don’t know the context.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

I’m aware, I just think it’s funny. But yes this has been a very big schism in Israel

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 10w

Ah okay. I had assumed this was being misunderstood

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