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Slideshow Netanyahu moves to end religious military exemptions Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Israeli protesters demand military draft reform Sat, Jul 7 2012 Pressure on to end draft exemption for Israel's ultra-Orthodox Fri, Jul 6 2012 Military draft dispute shakes Israel coalition Mon, Jul 2 2012 Yitzhak Shamir, hawkish Israeli premier, dies Sat, Jun 30 2012 Palestinian president to meet Israeli vice PM: official Thu, Jun 28 2012 Analysis & Opinion Factbox-Some facts about Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews Pressure mounts to end draft exemption for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Related Topics World » 1 of 3. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem July 8, 2012. Netanyahu gave the green light on Sunday to reforms that would end blanket military exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, in an about-face only hours after 20,000 Israelis marched for change. Credit: Reuters/Uriel Sinai/Pool By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM | Sun Jul 8, 2012 11:18am EDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead on Sunday to reforms that would end the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from compulsory military service, in an about-face hours after 20,000 Israelis marched for change. Military service is a highly emotive issue for Israelis, most of whom start a two or three-year service at the age of 18. Many are also called up for reserve duty. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are exempt to allow them to pursue religious studies. "Everyone must bear the burden. We will provide positive incentives to those who serve and negative incentives to draft dodgers," Netanyahu told a meeting of lawmakers from his right-wing Likud party. At his urging, the Likud legislators ratified the recommendations of a government-appointed panel formulating a new military conscription law that would cancel exemptions for most Jewish seminary students. The issue has put huge strain on Netanyahu's ruling coalition. Only last Monday and under pressure from religious leaders, the prime minister dismissed the panel, headed by Yohanan Plesner, a member of the centrist Kadima party that is the biggest partner in the coalition. The committee went ahead and issued its report two days later, in defiance of Netanyahu and with the support of Kadima leader and Vice Premier Shaul Mofaz, who issued veiled threats to quit the government only two months after joining it. About 20,000 people marched in Tel Aviv on Saturday night calling for an "equal sharing of the national burden" and demanding Netanyahu change course and back the committee's proposals. MISJUDGMENT Political commentators said Netanyahu's perceived siding with ultra-Orthodox parties - traditional partners in Israel's ruling coalitions - was a rare misjudgment of the national mood by a popular leader who now heads one of the biggest governments in the country's history. The countdown to what Netanyahu on Sunday called "historic change" started in February, when the Supreme Court struck down the conscription law that allowed the exemptions, effectively giving parliament until August 1 to pass a new one. "It is a once-in-a-decades opportunity and the prime minister is wasting it away," Boaz Nol, one of the organizers of the Tel Aviv march, said on Saturday. The theme of the protest, spearheaded by military reservists who set up a tent city outside a Tel Aviv train station, was that Israelis were tired of being suckers and serving in the military while religious seminary students did not. Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, approved a policy of exempting what was then a small group of 400 ultra-Orthodox seminary students. The original handful has grown to about 60,000 men largely supported by state stipends. Defending the exemptions, religious leaders say Bible studies strengthen Jewish traditions and the Jewish state. The Plesner panel recommended slashing exemptions for seminary students from a present 50,000 to 1,500 by 2016. It also proposed stiff financial penalties for draft evaders. At the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said he and Mofaz had agreed on a team, which would include Plesner, to finalize the details of the "equal burden law". He said the proposed legislation would be presented for cabinet approval next week. (Editing by Pravin Char) World Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. 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