Netanyahu asks the Israeli court to extend the deadline for the controversial conscription plan. Netanyahu is trying to reach a settlement in the issue of recruiting ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The decades-old controversy has become a particularly sensitive issue at a time when Israeli forces, mostly made up of young conscripts and civilians mobilized into reserve forces, have continued an aggressive war for nearly 6 months in Gaza. The Supreme Court has not yet responded to Netanyahu's request, but it separately ruled to suspend government support for religious Jews of military age who study in religious institutes.