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Israel's top court rules ultra-Orthodox Jews must be drafted in military, setback for Netanyahu
World | Jun 25, 2024, 04:29 PM ISTIsraeli PM Netanyahu's fragile ruling coalition is dependent on two ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups, who oppose conscriptions in the military. While public opinion has favoured an end to the exemptions amid conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, it could destabilise the coalition.
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Big trouble for Israeli PM as millions stage protest seeking ouster of Netanyahu govt I VIDEO
World | Apr 01, 2024, 08:51 AM ISTNetanyahu's cabinet has faced widespread criticism over the security failure of the Hamas attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage in Gaza.
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Will Netanyahu govt collapse amid soaring anger at exemptions granted to ultra-Orthodox Jews? DEETS
World | Mar 31, 2024, 02:46 PM ISTThe decades-old controversy has become especially sensitive as Israel's armed forces, made up mostly of teenage conscripts and older civilians mobilised for reserve duty, wage a nearly six-month-old war in Gaza to try to eliminate the Islamist Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.
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Brooklyn Boy Killed, Dismembered
World | Jul 14, 2011, 01:20 PM ISTNew York, Jul 14 : An 8-year-old Brooklyn boy who got lost while walking home alone from day camp in his Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was killed and dismembered by a stranger he had asked for