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373:). The party claims to be the political heir of Elazar Shach, whose Degel HaTorah party had in their view been compromised from its original principles. While the Faction also has a focus on threats to the Haredi education system, it mainly concerns itself with fomenting a strong opposition to the draft, which it deems a major threat to young Haredi men and women. The Faction created a Committee for Saving the Torah World to co-ordinate these activities, seeking to prevent any erosion of the status quo. In 2017, they reportedly represented 6.5% of the Haredi population. 1252: 875: 309:
and Shmuel Auerbach, surrounding the draft controversy, with the former taking a more moderate approach, while the latter took a harder stance. In the end, Shteinman's leadership prevailed, which led to Auerbach's founding of the Jerusalem Faction as a protest movement. Following the death of founder
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arrangement under specific conditions laid down in the law, such as substituting a one-year civilian service, instead of the 3-year military conscription. It was hoped that the number of exemptions would gradually diminish. However, the new law did not put an end to controversies and disagreements.
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in 1999. The committee reported its findings in April 2000, and its recommendations were approved by the Knesset in July 2002; the new "Tal Law", as it came to be known, was passed with 51 votes in favour and 41 against. The new law provided for a continuation of the
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Shmuel Auerbach on 24 February 2018, a group of twelve rabbis calling themselves Council of Sages of the Torah World convened in Auerbach's former home to plan the future of the Jerusalem Faction. In particular, two disciples of
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said that the government would formulate a new bill that would guarantee a more equal sharing of the burden by all parts of Israeli society. The issue was also part of a possible government collapse leading into the
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staff who were terminated for espousing views that were not in keeping with the newspaper's moderate editorial policies. The Faction's views are expressed editorially in the English language in a
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In February 2012, the High Court of Justice ruled that the Tal Law in its current form was unconstitutional, and could not be extended beyond August. Prime Minister
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against Haredi conscription that takes the form of street demonstrations that often end in arrests. It has its own newspaper,
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stated that the Tal Law, which by then had yet to be fully implemented, did not provide an adequate solution to the issue of
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issued a statement describing the Jerusalem Faction as "empty and reckless", and "like a flock without a shepherd".
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The attitude of the Haredi community towards the outside world had historically been guided by the opinions of its
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issued a memorandum to all yeshiva students asking them to refrain from reporting to the
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until further notice, even if the purpose was only to receive a medical exam.
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in the critical year of 2012 created a power struggle among his successors,
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arrangement had the status of a regulation under the jurisdiction of the
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by the Israeli government that came up following the expiration of the
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which has won city council seats in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, and
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In accordance with the judicial ruling, Prime Minister
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and the religious parties, granted draft exemptions to
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Index

Bnei Torah
Hebrew
romanized
Israeli Haredi
Jerusalem
Shmuel Auerbach
Bnei Brak
Degel HaTorah
conscription of Haredim
Israel Defence Forces
Tal Law
civil disobedience
Hapeles
Bnei Torah
he
Modi'in Illit
status quo agreement
Knesset
David Ben Gurion
yeshiva
Torato Umanuto
Menachem Begin
1977 after he won the premiership
Ministry of Defense
High Court of Justice
Supreme Court of Israel
Ehud Barak
Tal committee
Tzipi Livni
Haredi conscription

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