Haredi Jews have been exempt from military service for all of Israel’s history, so this ruling will be deeply divisive. An Israel scholar explains.
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Israel’s highest court has struck down the government’s law limiting its power. Three scholars look at why the law was proposed, what it aimed to do and who supported – and opposed – it.
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Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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Faculty Lecturer, International Relations, McGill University
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of East London
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Scholar-in-residence at the Center for Israeli Studies, American University