“The Haredim are inciting against our fighters, spilling the blood of the chief of staff,” he wrote.
Lapid said Netanyahu and his ministers “are silent as fish.”
“Not a word of condemnation, not a single arrest warrant for incitement to violence,” he added.
Netanyahu has relied on the political support of Haredi parties and has sought agreements with them on legislation they demand, particularly a law exempting ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service, a move strongly opposed by the opposition.
Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
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The Haredi community has continued protesting compulsory military service since Israel’s Supreme Court ruled on June 25 2024, that ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted and that state funding should be withheld from religious institutions whose students refuse military service.
Senior rabbis, whose rulings are widely regarded by Haredim as religiously binding, have repeatedly urged followers to reject conscription and even “tear up” draft notices.
The ultra-Orthodox community makes up about 13 percent of Israel’s population of more than 10 million. Many oppose military service on religious grounds, arguing that they dedicate their lives to Torah study and that integration into secular society threatens their identity.
Since October 2023, Israel has conducted military offensives across multiple fronts, including the war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, air strikes in Yemen and ongoing incursions into Syria.
Israel has occupied Palestinian territories and parts of Lebanon and Syria for decades, while rejecting withdrawal from those territories and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in line with relevant UN resolutions.
