An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past the entrance to a recruiting office in Jerusalem in this July 4, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/Files
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's cabinet approved a draft law on Sunday to abolish wholesale exemptions from military duty granted to Jewish seminary students, stoking ultra-Orthodox anger over the break with tradition.
Many Israelis have long bridled over state privileges handed to the conservative believers or "Haredim" - a Hebrew term meaning "those who tremble before God".
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