MK Inbar Bezalel (Democrats) issued a correction Monday night clarifying that her protest posting of IDF draft orders was only on the offices of ultra-Orthodox MKs, not on those of Arab lawmakers. Earlier today she hung the orders in the Knesset to protest the lack of ultra-Orthodox enlistment.
Following earlier reports that MK Inbar Bezalel (Democrats) posted IDF draft notices on the office doors of several Knesset members who did not serve in the military, Bezalel issued a correction Monday evening. She clarified that the draft orders were hung only on the doors of ultra-Orthodox MKs—not on those of Arab lawmakers, as some initial reports had suggested. The original protest, first reported by Yaakov Hershkovitz, was intended to highlight the ongoing political controversy over ultra-Orthodox enlistment. As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the protest drew attention to the tensions surrounding draft exemptions for the Haredi community. Bezalel's correction refines the scope: Arab MKs, several of whom also do not serve, were not targeted.
2 developments
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- DevelopingMost draft protesters reporting voluntarily at recruitment offices, says Amit Segal
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- DevelopingMK Goldknopf: Government is arresting draft evaders 'who have done no wrong'
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