Haredi demonstrators block an intersection in Jerusalem in protest against the statements to promote the recruitment of Haredi for service in the IDF/police spokesmen
There is no easy way to say this, but this is the painful truth: the ultra-orthodox will not mobilize, at least not en masse.
It hurts, it's infuriating, but it's the truth, and no clever legal formulation will get around this problem.
stop with the bullshit.
The ultra-Orthodox are not going to mobilize, so it is better to start thinking about another solution now, one that is also connected to reality.
I know, finding a logical solution sounds like the most illogical thing right now in the Israeli reality, but we must insist on finding such a solution.
It's not that I'm cut off from the field: in the last few weeks, since the High Court of Israel's conscription came back into our lives with all its might, I've talked to everyone I could who understands the issue, starting with the representatives of the "Orthodox Street" to the political consultants who have been dealing with the issue for years. They all said the same thing: the ultra-Orthodox will not enlist. And I write these words as a person who studied in a Seder yeshiva, left it to move to a combination yeshiva of the religious kibbutz, which combines full military service and study in a yeshiva, and as someone who has an ultra-Orthodox family, headed by an ultra-orthodox yeshiva.
Think of a solution that is connected to reality.
Ultra-Orthodox protest against recruitment/spokespersons of the Israel Police
And in addition to all of these, this year I am teaching in an ultra-Orthodox Torah Talmud, which teaches Liba and his students are going to do matriculation, and most of them will enlist in the army.
Why would they enlist while their friends wouldn't?
Because of the following simple reason: there is no reason to study core studies and do matriculation if you don't enlist, because only enlistment allows an ultra-Orthodox youth to buy a profession before the exemption age - the age at which he can leave yeshiva, which is 26, an age at which most ultra-Orthodox already have at least two children on average.
So what is the solution?
Throughout Purim I thought about this and came to the conclusion that in the end there would be no escape from going in the direction of a professional army, which consists only of units that assist the fighting army.
These words are hard for me to write.
As someone who fought until the day before the draft to get to the battlefield, then because of unsuccessful commanders, let's call it that, I was thrown into the education corps, I understand very well the importance of the people's army.
I was a teaching NCO, and I am not ashamed of it. On the contrary - this is the uniqueness of the People's Army.
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The ethos of the "people's army" has been eroded.
Discussion of petitions against the government on the issue of ultra-Orthodox recruitment, February 26, 2024/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
But I also understand the importance of the principle of equality, I am a lawyer after all, and I also live in Israel and understand that the ethos of the "people's army" is being eroded.
Therefore, the IDF will have to change its image and become a professional army. True, it will be a great challenge to fill the SDF, while the IDF seeks to extend the age of exemption from reserves and the age of compulsory service, and this will also be a great economic challenge, but while society The Israeli one is being torn apart, it seems that this is the only solution. Painful, but realistic and true, and no more bullshit.
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