After failing to report draft dodgers: Tax benefits worth tens of millions revoked from yeshivas

The state will revoke tax benefits worth tens of millions of shekels from approximately 650 Haredi yeshivas, after they refused to report whether draft dodgers are studying there. About 70% of the institutions did not report. The decision was made following the directive of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

The state will revoke tax benefits worth tens of millions of shekels from approximately 650 Haredi yeshivas, after they refused to report to the tax authority whether draft dodgers are studying there. About 70% of the institutions did not report. The decision was made following a directive from Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, stating that donors to yeshivas whose students do not enlist will not be eligible for tax benefits. The directive sparked harsh reactions in the Haredi parties, due to concerns that the economic damage could reach tens to hundreds of millions of shekels per year.