[1] Again in November, Bedouins in the Negev called for a 'Day of Rage' against their displacement by the Israeli government to state developed townships as a result of the Prawer-Begin plan.
[4] This exemption has been given to the Haredi community since the establishment of the State of Israel and gives them the space to devote themselves fully to the study of the Torah.
In February 2012 the High Court of Justice considered the Tal Law, granting exemptions to yeshiva students, as unconstitutional, which caused unrest under the Haredim communities in Israel.
In April 2013, a ministerial committee led by minister Yaakov Peri announced that a bill on national service for all citizens, including Haredim, would be presented to the Knesset within two months.
[7] Besides that, the coalition government of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said to be committed to increase the military drafting of the Haredim.
You cannot change our [way of life],”[15] Other protesters read out loud passages from the Torah to “annul the evil decree” of military service.
[20] This resulted in a status quo agreement initiated by David Ben-Gurion and ultra-Orthodox party Agudat Israel.
It assured that the establishment of the state would protect ultra-Orthodox lifestyle, including exclusion from military service of 800 yeshiva students.
In the Haredi community it is common to have an average of 7 children per family, therefore the number of those exempt from military service is growing rapidly.
[21] In addition to being exempt from military service, the Haredi community also has a low labor participation rate and often live on benefits.
According to the Tal Committee, the resistance of the Haredi community that the drafting would bring, would not serve the interests either of the IDF or the nation.
[27] On 30 November 2013, a 'Day of Rage' was called against the Prawer-Begin plan in which 40,000-70.000 Bedouin citizens are forced to move from their homes into townships, specially designed by the Israeli government.
Benny Begin, who jointly formulated the plan, said: "Right and left, Arabs and Jews joined forces - while exploiting the plight of many Bedouin - to heat things up for political gain.
"[41] Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the Bedouin lived a nomadic life in the Negev, keeping animals and cultivating land.
This was mainly due to the Ottoman-Turkish Tabu Law of 1858, which required landowners to register their land in order to pay tax over it.