transportation open on Shabbat; and extending the military draft to Haredi men.

The number of Masortim is hard to determine since it is based upon the self-definition of the participants in surveys. According to a 2006 Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimate, 39% of the Jewish Israeli population define themselves as Masortim. In 2016, Pew Research Center put that figure at 29% of Israeli Jews (or 23% of Israeli adults).

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