Israel’s Supreme Court Gives the IDF New Marching Orders
What was the aim — and the standing — of the high judges of the Jewish state in ordering the government to draft its most fervently Orthodox?

The legal case over the drafting of charedim, or fervently Orthodox, reminds us of the yarn of a deliberating Beit Din, or religious court. The first party makes his case, and the rabbi affirms him as correct. The second party takes his turn, and the rabbi says that he too has the best of the argument. A third litigant questions how both sides can be right. The rabbi then exclaims “And you’re right, too.” That is a little bit how we feel about the ruling roiling Israel.
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