A national service plan for haredi men during their long semester breaks
Pre-October 7, draft exemptions were thought to be a solution to the haredi unemployment rate.
IDF Chief Brig.-Gen. Dan Goldfus demands political unity, equal military service, and national cohesion amid war efforts, criticizing the political class.
Expecting Netanyahu and Deri to act right overlooks their leadership failures, transforming the conscription crisis from a potential Shas triumph into disaster for the State of Israel.
The free market in ideas demands that the haredim accept the consequences of allowing their youth to encounter the full range of possibilities of the human experience.
As the 2024 budget approval and haredi draft crisis loom, the question of haredi refusal to integrate presses on the Israeli economy and army - and at what cost?
The threat of a mass departure by the haredim may not be an empty threat and it should not be acceptable.
The report clarified that it is a large event, and the request would include dozens of busses, which is estimated to cost the state hundreds of thousands of shekels.
Today, there is a strong sense that if people want to leave, they should go -- no one is keeping them here.
The Knesset member views the issue of drafting ultra-Orthodox men as a potential breaking point for Israel’s current government
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