Public support for doing away with sweeping army exemptions for military-age ultra-Orthodox men has risen sharply over the past year, according to a survey published by the Israel Democracy Institute. Support for drafting eligible Haredim either en masse or incrementally, complete with economic penalties for those who do not comply, stood at 84.5 percent, compared to 67% in January 2024. Only 9% of the Israeli public supported exempting the ultra-Orthodox from mandatory military service. The Israeli public's opposition to the longstanding exemptions from mandatory military service for some 66,000 military-age, able-bodied Haredi men has grown as the manpower-strapped IDF fights the longest multifront war in Israel's history.