Overview
- Officials reported that about 71,000 people who received draft orders failed to report as of January, with roughly 80 percent identified as coming from the chareidi community.
- Military officials told the attorney general that Israel Police are not authorizing Military Police operations in chareidi neighborhoods, a pattern they described as selective enforcement.
- Police representatives cited severe manpower shortages and concerns about public disturbances, saying six additional Border Police companies would be required for fuller enforcement.
- The IDF and Military Prosecution lowered the criminal-prosecution threshold for draft evasion from 540 to 365 days and increased maximum disciplinary detention to 35 days, with repeat absentees facing criminal proceedings.
- Finance Ministry officials were instructed to examine economic measures, including accounting separation in yeshivos, while a public detention in Ramot Gimmel was later clarified as a Border Police stop followed by transfer to military authorities and a quick release.