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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must also be required to serve in the Israeli army, the country’s highest court said in a unanimous ruling seen as a bitter setback for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing religious government. On Tuesday, the nine Supreme Court judges in Jerusalem ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting the ultra-Orthodox from compulsory military service and approved two petitions that had called for their immediate conscription. The ruling involves around 63,000 men, which, in light of the Gaza war and a possible escalation with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movem…