The front pages of newspapers serving the ultra-Orthodox community raged Wednesday morning against a landmark High Court ruling the day before that ordered the state to begin drafting thousands of community members into the army immediately.
Leading papers carried quotes that “war was being declared on the ultra-Orthodox community,” known as Haredim, and its way of life, which sees the study of Torah as a paramount activity.
Yeted Neeman, a mouthpiece for the ultra-Orthodox Degel Hatorah party, carried the headline, “A sword hanging over the study hall.”
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