Social groups target Ehud Barak in renewed push for universal draft

Dozens of social groups and NGOs intend to resume campaign for universal conscription, arguing that failure to recruit ultra-Orthodox men to IDF is an infraction of the law.

By Gili Cohen | 06:05 05.10.12 |

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Dozens of social groups and NGOs intend to resume the campaign for universal conscription, this time focusing on Defense Minister Ehud Barak as the one responsible for the failure to draft ultra-Orthodox men.

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Social groups target Ehud Barak in renewed push for universal draft

Dozens of social groups and NGOs intend to resume campaign for universal conscription, arguing that failure to recruit ultra-Orthodox men to IDF is an infraction of the law.

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