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In Israel, Army Service Is Required for All. That Could Now Change.

Demand by ultra-Orthodox lawmakers to exempt community from draft pushes government rethink

The Israeli government is considering an overhaul of the country’s military. Jaafar Ashtiyeh /Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
By Dov Lieber

TEL AVIV—Since Israel’s foundation in 1948, universal military conscription has been a central pillar of national defense—and national identity. Young men and women have served side by side in what has been a major rite of passage for generations of Israelis. That may be about to change.

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