Draft dodgers will either 'enlist or go to prison,' Netanyahu says in closed-door meeting - report
Further, KAN reported that Netanyahu acknowledged the draft law was unsuccessful and that it would not be brought back in the next government.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly stated in a closed-door meeting that if re-elected, he would not advance the contentious law freezing the arrests of haredi draft evaders, which his coalition recently passed. According to the Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu said that draft evaders who do not study Torah will either enlist or go to prison.
The Knesset had passed the bill last month, but the High Court of Justice later froze it, and it is still set to determine whether to strike it down. Opposition party leaders have criticized Netanyahu's reported remarks, accusing him of holding the public in contempt and spinning to win votes.
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