The dispute over granting yeshiva students draft deferrals moved to Israel’s High Court of Justice. Legislators from the secular Shinui and Meretz parties, as well as the Movement for Quality Government, filed a petition Wednesday claiming that a newly passed law enshrining the deferrals contradicts Israel’s Basic Law on Human Dignity and Freedom.
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