The Shas party submitted a proposed Basic Law that would anchor Torah study as a core national value, potentially shielding yeshiva students from military conscription. Former prime minister Naftali Bennett slammed the initiative as institutionalized draft evasion, calling it 'draft dodging on steroids.'
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