it's certainly has not been a completely secular state. The State of Israel provides full welfare to the Ultra-Orthodox and they were also exempt from military service. Here are my sources:
Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Welfare Kings
There is no precedent in Jewish history for a whole community devoting itself to Torah scholarship.
By EVAN R. GOLDSTEIN
WALL STREET JOURNAL
November 12, 2010
Cloistered in poor towns and neighborhoods, exempted from conscription into the military and surviving largely off government handouts, the black-hatted ultra-Orthodox, known as Haredim, have long vexed more secular Israelis.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest draft plans
Published: June 25, 2012 at 7:14 AM
JERUSALEM, June 25 (UPI) -- About 5,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem protested government plans to draft them into a national civilian service or the Israeli military, police said.
Participants in the Monday protest smeared ash on their heads in a symbol of mourning over plans by the government to enlist them, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the establishment of the Keshev Committee to create a new law to recruit ultra-Orthodox males into the army or national service programs. The committee was asked to draft a replacement for the Tal Law, which provided a legal framework for males in the ultra-Orthodox community to indefinitely defer military service for the sake of Torah studies.
In February, the High Court of Justice ruled the Tal Law -- due to expire Aug. 1 -- is unconstitutional, the newspaper said.
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