Could the Haredim lose that exemption?

A law passed by the Knesset in 2014 was supposed to phase out the exemption by requiring the military to draft increasing numbers of ultra-Orthodox men each year. But the following year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needed the Haredi parties to form a governing coalition, so the measure was rolled back. Israel’s High Court has demanded that the government pass a new law requiring Haredim to serve, but that won’t happen while the ultraOrthodox are in government. The issue torpedoed Netanyahu’s efforts to form a coalition after the April elections. His former ally and defense minister, Avigdor Liberman—whose ultranationalist party, Yisrael Beiteinu, represents mostly secular Russian-speaking Jews—refused to join the government unless the Haredim were excluded. Liberman had campaigned on the slogan, “Yes to a Jewish State. No to a state ruled by Jewish law.” Netanyahu couldn’t get a majority, and Israel had another round of elections in September.