Spiritual leaders of two fervently Orthodox movements in Israel said no yeshiva students should be drafted into the army. The comments by four rabbis of the groups, which make up the United Torah Judaism bloc in the Knesset, came a few days after the High Court of Justice ruled that a long-standing agreement granting the students army deferrals is illegal.
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