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Israeli official vows to end draft exemptions

JERUSALEM — Israel’s new hawkish bloc will do away with a contentious system of draft exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox men if it forms a new government, Israel’s deputy foreign minister pledged Wednesday.

If the vow is implemented, it would put the recently formed bloc on a potential collision course with a likely coalition partner linked to ultra-Orthodox Judaism.

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