The Israeli media discussed the repercussions of the Supreme Court’s decision not to exempt Haredi Jews (extremists) from recruitment, and highlighted the possibility of arrest warrants being issued from International Criminal Court By the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu And his Minister of Defense Yoav Galant.
Yashar Cohen, a journalist for the Haredi website “Meydan Shabbat”, said that the Supreme Court’s decision not to exempt Haredim from military service created a crisis that may be difficult to resolve, noting that the religious leadership refuses to recruit a single Haredi, not thousands of Haredim.
He added to Channel 12 that the Haredi spiritual leadership refuses to recruit them even if they are uneducated, noting that the problem now lies in how to reconcile the court’s decision with the opinion of the religious leadership.
Cohen spoke about a proposal for the Legislation Committee in The Knesset It addresses the number of Haredim required to be recruited, the necessity of the ultra-Orthodox parties working to provide it, and the extent of the army’s ability to absorb them.
But he also stressed that the question relates to the extent to which these religious parties are able to obtain a majority to enact laws that allow the recruitment of extremists, adding, “Can Netanyahu, who has proven to have lost control of his right-wing government coalition, collect 61 votes to pass the law?”
In this context, Channel 13’s military affairs correspondent, Or Heller, said that military leaders were expecting a historic change in the Haredim’s positions on conscription after the events of October 7, but they were shocked by the large gap between the Haredim’s position and the position of their leaders.
Baruch Kara, a legal affairs analyst on the same channel, said that the ruling is historic, stressing that “the situation after it will be difficult because there is a lack of tolerance for this historic case that can be seen between the lines of the ruling.”
“I think it will be difficult to introduce a new law and go back to the same old circle, because the court will reject that,” he added.
Possible arrest of Netanyahu
In another matter, Yaron Abraham – political affairs correspondent for Channel 12 – said that discussions took place in the Prime Minister’s Office, the National Security Council, and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary estimated that the judges of the International Criminal Court would issue an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and Gallant in the coming weeks, indicating that some expect that The decision will be issued within two weeks.
Abraham added, “A method is currently being developed to deal with these decisions once they are issued, and there is talk about a defense argument that has not yet been decided to be presented to the court, because the decision is in the hands of Netanyahu and Galant, but it indicates the depth of the concerns about these memos.”
According to the same spokesman, what is currently being done “is examining the repercussions of issuing arrest warrants against Netanyahu before his visit to the United States a month from now.”
Abraham said that the United States “will not arrest Netanyahu because it did not sign the agreement.” Charter of RomeBut the Israelis are discussing the situation if the prime minister’s plane has to make an emergency landing in one of the European countries that are signatories to the convention.”
He concluded by saying that unannounced judicial discussions suggest that these countries will respect the warrants and arrest Netanyahu if he lands on their territory.
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