A report says draft-dodging yeshiva students have been told to avoid airports and border crossings to prevent being arrested. The advisory urges those who have not responded to their draft orders to verify they are permitted to fly before attempting to travel abroad.
A report has emerged advising Haredi yeshiva students who evade the draft to avoid airports and border crossings, warning that they risk arrest if they attempt to travel abroad. The advisory, which also states that students must confirm they are permitted to fly before traveling, highlights the continued enforcement pressure on draft evaders.
The report comes amid the ongoing Haredi draft crisis, which The Zioneer has covered extensively. On June 10, The Zioneer reported that most draft protesters had arrived voluntarily at recruitment offices, with arrests occurring only during the formal induction process. On June 19, a Belz yeshiva student detained for draft evasion was released, while Sephardic Haredim alleged discriminatory enforcement. On June 30, the IDF's personnel chief opposed a bill freezing arrests of yeshiva students, arguing it would undermine the draft law. In July, The Zioneer reported on a loophole allowing yeshiva students to avoid arrest by switching institutions, and on a yeshiva student who welcomed the arrest-freeze bill as a path to voluntary enlistment.
It remains unclear who issued the advisory reported today—whether an official body, a Haredi organization, or an informal network—and how widely it has been circulated.
2 developments
- DevelopingIn practice: Haredi yeshiva-student draft evaders will not be arrested in coming months, others will — report
- DevelopingSenior Israeli police officers urge halting proactive arrests of Haredi draft evaders
- DevelopingRally outside military prison for draft-dodging yeshiva graduate draws MKs, rabbi
- StrongYeshiva directors raise new obstacle to Haredi draft arrest halt bill
Source and signal
- Internal intake