With the immediate and long-term requirement for battle-trained soldiers going up, the haredi leadership is doubling down on its rhetoric.
Benny Gantz and some Likud members have expressed strong opposition to the proposed plan.
The closest way to a compromise would be some variation on the Benny Gantz proposal of all Haredim having to do national service, with a more symbolic number serving in the IDF.
The draft, should it pass, would extend the exemption from IDF conscription for haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews.
Gantz sends message to Netanyahu: "People will not tolerate it; I cannot be part of this emergency government if this law passes."
Netanyahu has been rumored to be ready to extend the Haredi exemption from IDF and national service in practice while trying to make some symbolic gesture toward greater service.
Purim Shpiel: The following is a satirical article from The Jerusalem Post's annual parodic Purim page, The Jerusalem Roast. Enjoy!
Despite of his pessimism about the fate of anyone who dares to open a store like his, he said firmly that Home is not an anti-haredi movie.
The ‘Post’ speaks with two eminent religious Zionist rabbis on the fallout from the Chief Rabbi’s haredi draft law comments.
Haredi community faces conscription dilemma: Stay or leave? Chief Rabbi's call sparks debate on safety abroad.
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