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Gantz issues ultimatum to Netanyahu: Will quit Israeli gov't over IDF draft law [View all]
Gantz sends message to Netanyahu: "People will not tolerate it; I cannot be part of this emergency government if this law passes."
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"Passing such a law would be crossing a red line during normal times, and during the war, it's like flying a black flag over it," he added, "we will not be able to look in the eyes of fighters within our borders and beyond them, and ask them to extend their service."
The High Court of Justice previously imposed a deadline of this coming Wednesday for the government to explain in writing how it will present a new bill which will not violate principles of equality like the last law which the judiciary struck down as unequal in favor of Haredim.
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The Movement for Quality Government in Israel, the main petitioner to the High Court for equal conscription to the draft law, responded to the days development, saying “For 25 years we have been tying ourselves in knots with bluffs and tricks that are only meant to postpone the decision and keep up the big lie that is equal conscription. The draft ‘evasion law’ that was made public today is another transparent and shameful attempt to continue to evade the obvious truth - there is no substitute for full and true equality before the law.”
“Equal conscription is an existential necessity for the State of Israel and Israeli society, and there is no way to achieve it other than the enactment of a uniform and equal recruitment law that will apply to all. Any other solution is a direct continuation of the fraud and lawlessness,” said the NGO.
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https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-793508
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