Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students into the military, a decree which creates new political strains for embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s Likud party said the Supreme Court’s ruling was "perplexing," given ongoing efforts in parliament to agree on a new conscription law that would address the problem. FRANCE 24’s Irris Makler reports from Jerusalem.
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