Inside Story Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military?
There is renewed push to force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israeli military. Israel has called on its reserves to wage its ground war on Gaza. But its ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has an exemption to military service going back decades. Now, the defence minister says they need to join the fight. But can a national consensus be reached on such a divisive issue? And can Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survive the fallout from such a policy change? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Efraim Inbar – President of The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security Akiva Eldar – Political analyst and former columnist for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper Yehoshua Pfeffer – Community rabbi and executive member of Netzah Yehuda Published on Friday 1 March 2024.
Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Primary Title
- Inside Story
Episode Title
- Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military?
Date Broadcast
- Saturday 2 March 2024
Start Time
- 06 : 30
Finish Time
- 06 : 57
Duration
- 27:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Episode Description
- There is renewed push to force ultra-Orthodox Jews to serve in the Israeli military. Israel has called on its reserves to wage its ground war on Gaza. But its ultra-Orthodox Jewish community has an exemption to military service going back decades. Now, the defence minister says they need to join the fight. But can a national consensus be reached on such a divisive issue? And can Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survive the fallout from such a policy change? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Efraim Inbar – President of The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security Akiva Eldar – Political analyst and former columnist for Israel’s Haaretz newspaper Yehoshua Pfeffer – Community rabbi and executive member of Netzah Yehuda Published on Friday 1 March 2024.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- The source recording of Al Jazeera English's "Inside Story", "Will Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community serve in its military?" for Saturday 02 March 2024 contains defects (corrupted video) due to signal transmission issues. Some of the title's content is absent.
Genres
- Commentary
- News
Hosts
- Hashem Ahelbarra (Presenter)