16.07.2012                      26.Tammus. 5772

Wehrdienst:

Amar calls for brotherly discourse over haredi draft

In Peres meet, Sephardi chief rabbi blesses both soldiers, yeshiva students for service; Eda Haredit plans rally against enlistment.

President Shimon Peres met on Sunday morning with Sephardi Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar to discuss the ever-growing rift between the haredi and secular sectors of the population over the formulation of new legislation for haredi enlistment into national service programs….