Israel's parliament voted on Tuesday to revive a controversial bill to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews, which is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but has been criticised by his defence minister. Lawmakers voted 63 to 57 to press ahead with the draft law, which foresees a gradual but limited increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox Jews doing military service. The majority of Israeli Jewish men must serve in the military, but the ultra-Orthodox community has been exempt in favour of religious study. The reform was criticised by Defence Minister Yoav Gallant as not going far enough. "We must not play petty politics on the big backs of IDF (army) soldiers," Ga
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