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Without Bennett's promise: The Ministry of Defense circulated the draft law without lowering the exemption age to 21

According to the wording of the memorandum of law, the proposal does not include the Prime Minister's promise to lower the age of exemption from conscription from 24 to 21 years, as the coalition promised. The previous government, but was rejected due to a dispute in the coalition

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Yaki Adamkar and his Tal

Thursday, August 12, 2021, 10:30 p.m.

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The Ministry of Defense this evening (Thursday) distributed the government law memorandum intended to exempt yeshiva members from conscription into the IDF, known as the "conscription law." According to the wording obtained by Walla! -24 to 21 years, as the coalition has undertaken in the coalition agreement. Monday is expected to be a session with Prime Minister Bennett on the issue of lowering the age of exemption.

the bill was scheduled to be discussed at the cabinet meeting that was scheduled for last week, but this was rejected partly because of a disagreement in the coalition On the wording of lowering the age of exemption, as well as due to other controversial issues

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The law memorandum does not include Bennett's promise to lower the age of exemption from recruitment from 24 to 21 years (Photo: Reuven Castro)

However, according to government sources, lowering the exemption age is provoking opposition from Defense Minister Bnei Gantz, who demands that the move be included in a comprehensive civil service outline, which will change the lowering of the exemption age in the year of civil service.

Coalition officials told Walla!

Because the wording of the government law is "not final", and according to them - they will try to amend it later during the legislation in the Knesset.

The bill sets the recruitment targets of the ultra-Orthodox public for the IDF, as well as economic sanctions for non-compliance with the recruitment targets. And the possibility of serving national-civil service instead of military service, for married people over the age of 20. And all, in order to encourage the service of the ultra-Orthodox and their optimal integration in employment.

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