The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox men for military service in August, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. Ultra-Orthodox men had been largely exempted from otherwise mandatory military service in Israel for decades. But a recent decision by Israel’s highest court ordered the government to include them in conscription. Israeli media reported that Israeli Defence Minister Joav Gallant has held talks with the IDF’s chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, and agreed to implement a recommendation from the military. It was not initially clear how many strictly religious men…