Cabinet adopts haredi draft bill to ultra-Orthodox scornwww.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4401783,00.html
Despite some inside criticism, ministers approve outline for haredi enlistment, to be put in action in four years; Lapid: Historic day; MK Porush: Black day for Jewish settlement
Omri Efraim
The cabinet adopted the equal share of the burden outline, according to which 21-year-old haredim will be drafted to the IDF, beginning in 2017, excluding 1,800 who have proven themselves scholarly-gifted and will continue to study the Torah.
Fourteen ministers voted in favor of the outline, while only four opposed it.
The outline, finalized last May by a committee headed by Minister Yaakov Peri, also recommends that haredi draft-evaders will be criminally sanctioned. The bill will be presented later for a Knesset vote.
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