Note that in our legal tradition, not only is it acceptable to break the nation’s laws when they conflict with halachah (“dina malachus dina” has only limited applicability in Eretz Yisrael, probably no applicability if you hold Israel is a Jewish state, and would never apply to laws designed to hurt or prevent doing mitsvos or learning Torah) — but wo reject the doctine of “superior orders” meaning that if you violate halacha because you were ordered to, it is no defense thaqt you were following lawful orders. From a Torah perspective, the Israeli soldiers and police who will enforce conscription would be as fully and criminally liable as the kenesset members and generals (the only “defense” would be that they were threatened with death, and that’s not even a full defense in all situations).
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