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Poll: Most Israelis want ultra orthodox drafted... now

As the Likud-led government coalition scrambles to prepare a new conscription bill further exempting ultra-orthodox men from being drafted into the military, a new poll has found that a growing and overwhelming majority of Israelis favor canceling the exemptions and drafting yeshiva students just like the rest of the Jewish citizens. The poll was conducted by Hiddush for Religious Freedom and Equality and its head Rabbi Uri Regev told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that the big change was in the number of people who didn’t want any compromise deal with the ultra orthodox and against any…

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