Israel’s new Defence Minister Israel Katz has agreed the dispatch of 7,000 new army draft orders for Charedi men, provoking fury among strictly Orthodox members of the governing coalition.
The orders had been approved by his predecessor Yoav Gallant, controversially fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for, among other things, his outspoken opposition to exemptions for strictly Orthodox yeshivah students from the army.
According to the Times of Israel, an official of United Torah Judaism described the move as having “declared war” on the Charedim.
The first 1,000 papers will go out on Sunday with the rest over the coming months, the website reported.