Defense Minister Yoav Galant in a statement on the conscription law/Ministry of Defense Spokesperson
Photography: Elad Malka
The government meeting on the recruitment outline will take place tomorrow at 12:00 at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem.
According to the decision that will be submitted tomorrow (Tuesday) for the approval of the government, the prime minister and the defense minister must promote a government outline on the issue of military service that will include the integration of yeshiva students and graduates of ultra-Orthodox educational institutions in the IDF, and within this framework annual recruitment targets will be set by the government, positive financial incentives and sanctions will be set In addition, the government will examine the possibility of incorporating into the outline the series regarding the opening of new courses adapted to the ultra-Orthodox public, including the establishment of a new ultra-Orthodox battalion, in preparation for the August 2024 recruitment cycle
. The government will also examine the possibility of developing and expanding the national-civil service course. The government will also You will make a decision regarding the expected legislative schedule surrounding the conscription law, within the framework of which the law will be approved by June 30, 2024, a date that the chairman of the state camp Benny Gantz also set as a "deadline"
. In a yeshiva, up to the age of 26, the age at which you are automatically exempt from enlistment in the IDF.
The government's proposed resolution states that the effect on the state economy and the budget is "irrelevant".
The section around which there was an uproar over raising the exemption age to 35 does not appear at all in the government's decision.
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