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Decoding the new Israeli law that limits the Supreme Court’s power

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The Importance of Exemptions From Military Service for Orthodox Jews

Stanley: Netanyahu's motivation for pushing through this judicial reforms package when you spoke about how it's important for him not only for his own criminal trial but also for keeping his coalition going given that some of them are very much in at law. Stanley: One of the key arguments or key issues for the fire rate have been exemptions from military service for for the orthodox Jews like can you talk a little bit about why this is so important for them and where does this fit in with the Supreme Court's approach to this issue? Stanley: What the government or what they push for is to give a blanket exemption to all the religious Jews ultra orthodox Jews from mandatory military service which is Israeli society that has

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