High Court Keeps Haredi Draft-Arrest Law Frozen Pending Ruling

Israel's High Court of Justice issued an interim order Tuesday keeping Amendment 28 to the Security Service Law, which freezes arrest and enforcement proceedings against qualifying Haredi yeshiva students, suspended until a further ruling. The nine-justice panel acted after hearing written and oral arguments on petitions challenging the law. The government declined to send a representative, while the Knesset's legal adviser told the court that defects in the legislative process left no choice but to annul the measure. The new order replaces the earlier temporary freeze but produces no immediate enforcement change because the law was already suspended.