The Housing Ministry sent messages to Haredi men evading military service, informing them they have been removed from the 'Discounted Apartment' housing lottery, according to journalist Eli Hirshman (N12). The move follows a High Court ruling enabling the disqualification.
The Housing Ministry has begun notifying individual Haredi men who are evading military service that they are disqualified from the 'Discounted Apartment' (דירה בהנחה) subsidized housing lottery, journalist Eli Hirshman (N12) reported Wednesday at 17:13 Jerusalem. The notification follows the High Court of Justice ruling that allowed the state to exclude draft-dodgers from the program. As The Zioneer reported earlier Wednesday (15:58), the ministry sent a general notice to this effect. The individual messages now appear to be the operational step of implementing that disqualification on a case-by-case basis. A 352-page petition against the policy was filed to the High Court last week, arguing it constitutes collective punishment; no court ruling has yet been issued on that petition.
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