Haredi politicians accuse AG of 'war on Torah world'

Baharav-Miara determines that tax exemption indirectly finances yeshivas with draft dodgers and ‘encourages evasion,’ but says implementation will take time

By Jeremy Sharon

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Jeremy Sharon is The Times of Israel’s legal affairs and settlements reporter

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara determined on Wednesday that tax exemptions will be withdrawn from ultra-Orthodox yeshivas whose students fail to obey conscription orders from the military.

In an update to the High Court of Justice on the issue, the attorney general asserted that “the state cannot continue to indirectly finance” religious institutions that enroll men who have failed to report for military service, saying that allowing such institutions to receive tax-free donations…