The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will begin conscripting ultra-Orthodox men for military service from Sunday, the Israeli armed forces said on Tuesday. The army did not specify the number of individuals it would contact to participate in the selection process for the upcoming recruitment. 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. The court decision ending military service exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox was seen as a major …