High Court Maintains Freeze on Law Limiting Enforcement Against Haredi Draft Dodgers
The attorney general and Knesset legal adviser say the measure shields draft evaders from criminal enforcement and violates Israel's Basic Laws.
- On Monday, Israel's High Court of Justice began hearing petitions to overturn the Arrest Freeze Law, which blocks police from arresting Haredi students who evade mandatory military service; the governing coalition boycotted the proceedings.
- Passed earlier this month, the law suspends arrests of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders for seven months, though critics argue the measure is discriminatory because it shields one sector from criminal enforcement.
- Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and the Knesset Legal Adviser urged the court to invalidate the measure, as Attorney Aner Hellman called it "an invalid and harmful law" that "does not meet even one component of the limitation clause."
- Following the hearing, the High Court issued an interim order suspending the law's entry into force, with a final ruling expected soon.
- High Court President Justice Yitzchak Amit's decision to exclude himself from the nine-justice panel drew scrutiny, while the Israel Defense Forces stated it urgently needs 12,000 additional recruits from the 72,000 eligible Haredi men.
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