JERUSALEM (AP) ? Israel's deputy foreign minister says that if the country's new hawkish bloc forms the next government, it will do away with a contentious system of draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men.
Danny Ayalon said Wednesday the outgoing government failed to meet a Supreme Court order to abolish the exemptions because of objections by the ultra-Orthodox Shas Party.
Ayalon says the situation has changed after Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beitenu party joined forces with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud.
Ayalon says Shas will have to agree to a universal draft, otherwise, "they won't be part of the government."
Shas wants to keep the current system, which allows ultra-Orthodox males to skip compulsory army service to pursue religious studies.
New elections are scheduled Jan. 22.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/israeli-official-vows-end-draft-exemptions-152139888.html
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