Protest against the conscription law in Bnei Brak/Ben Cohen
Hundreds of trainees from preparatory schools and years of service across the country are demonstrating today (Wednesday) in front of the Knesset, demanding to cancel the early recruitment of thousands of preparatory school trainees compared to the small early recruitment percentages of the Hesder yeshiva, and to promote full equality in the burden: "Sharing the state, sharing the burden", one of the signs read.
Last week, the Ministry of Defense distributed for public comments the memoranda of the new conscription law - which extend the duration of regular service to three years and expand and extend the reserve service as well.
The law caused a great deal of outrage, mainly due to the increased burden on the reserve officers, the early recruitment of Malshabiim - along with the complete disregard for the recruitment of
ultra-Orthodox .
Some from long reserve service following the war. "There is no more flagrant violation of social equality than this.
Throughout the war, people made sure to say how many religious people were injured and killed in the fighting, they wanted to say it to prove that there was equality, but in the end yeshiva students are not recruited earlier but only shinshins." "
This law makes me feel taken advantage of," Yam added. "It's just a direct feeling Such injustice at the most unfiltered level there is."
"It feels like a slap in the face to the entire reservist community."
Shai, reservist in Golani surrounded by Gaza/courtesy of those photographed
"The announcement that some of us are being recruited caught us by surprise," he shared in a conversation with Walla!
Or Ben Aroya, 18 years old from Givat Brenner.
Ben Aroya is taking part in a year of service in the youth movement "The New Movement" and recently the volunteers of the framework were informed that some of them will be forced to enlist under the new law.
"It was decided that the year of service organizations would choose the recruits themselves," said Ben Aroya.
"In our movement, they chose two who volunteered for this, but then suddenly four more received conscription orders without knowing in advance and were preparing for it. Everything was conducted from moment to moment with complete disregard for our responsibility and commitment in a year of service."
The disparity between the requirement for the recruitment of those with a year of service and preparatory courses and the students of the Seder yeshiva arouses great anger in Ben Aroya.
"It's an inequality and it's really annoying. The law stinks from this point of view, that the state so easily takes us away from our educational mission to be with youth in the war - which is very important and with such frivolity they don't recruit Seder Yeshiva members and the numbers are unequal."
Ben Aroya testifies to himself that despite his sharp criticism of the law and the manner of its execution, he still has great motivation for significant military service.
"If they tell me that I have to enlist, I will enlist with full motivation. We went to demonstrate in a demonstration and protested this decision, but if the IDF tells us to enlist, then we will enlist with full motivation."
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"In my eyes, this law is a disgrace."
Nitai Yam/Courtesy of those photographed
Nebo, a reservist from Gaza, shared his difficult feelings about the emerging law.
"We are being asked to give more from now on, an extra month and a half a year, the exemption age is going to increase, and while the public is being asked to give more and is being squeezed - there is an entire public that is not even being asked for the minimum. It is being completely ignored," he said in a conversation with Walla!.
"He gets discounts, he doesn't get ripped off, he doesn't pay prices, he doesn't stop life. We are a society that pays prices, and we need to keep giving more.
"This injustice has become a slap in the face," enraged Nebo. "We went under the stretcher, we expect the state to take care of reading To all the people who will come and give the minimum - in all kinds of positions.
This is the time to do it.
It is impossible for the ultra-Orthodox to continue to be guests in this country, everyone needs to lend a hand here."
"This law makes me feel taken advantage of."
Nitai Yam/Courtesy of those photographed
Shai, a reservist in the Gaza-encircled Golani, said that the violation of the current conscription law is painful for all sectors.
"On the seventh of October I was transferred to the reserves, I still have a long period of reserve at the northern border," he said.
"It feels like a slap in the face to the entire reservists community, regardless of whether they are secular, religious, national, traditional."
"It is a disgrace that people decide based on their faith not to participate in the effort to protect the country's borders and protect the entire public, no matter what their faith is," Shay was angry.
"In the matter of life and death, it should not be a matter of religion or belief, but of complete stabilization from all sections of the people."
Haredim at the Tel Hashomer recruitment office/Reuven Castro
David, a reservist at the northern border and a medical student, said that his studies are also important, like Torah studies.
"For about five months now, I have been serving in the reserves, and while studying medicine, according to the Torah, the supervision of the soul postpones Shabbat. And still my studies, which are to save the lives of real victims and happen at the same time as my service in the reserves. I see no difference between such studies and studying Torah."
"I think that 7.10 brings with it a real opportunity for the whole of Israeli society to get under the stretcher and contribute to our common life in this country" concluded David.
"It is disappointing that even after these very difficult events, our leaders prefer political considerations over the right thing for the country - true equality!".
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