IDF refusal

The price tag of opting out of the IDF - opinion

Switzerland has long maintained that citizens who do not serve in the military pay a special compensatory tax to the state.

|ByOZ BIN NUN
HAREDI MEN protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an IDF draft order, in May 2026.
HAREDIM BLOCK a road to protest the arrest of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, near Bnei Brak, on Monday.

IDF should conscript Arabs to serve instead of haredi draft dodgers - opinion

The demographic potential of Muslim Arab men aged 18 stands at over 12,500 young men per year – a figure equivalent to the enlistment potential of haredi men.

|ByNIMROD KOREN
An illustrative image of haredi residents of Jerusalem's Ramat Eshkol neighborhood.

Haredi daycare bill: What is it and why should we care? - explainer

The general idea is that the state provides subsidized daycare for parents who otherwise would not be able to afford it.

|ByELIAV BREUER
An Israeli soldier operates during a ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, July 3, 2024.

IDF reservist soldier who refuses to continue serving in Gaza speaks out

Yuval Green, a 26-year-old reservist, said the IDF is utilizing Palestinian homes for military purposes and that soldiers take “souvenirs, vandalize the homes, and destroy things for no reason.”

|ByMARGAUX JUBIN

Netanyahu’s retreat will be like Napoleon’s from Russia

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The judicial misadventure’s undoing is inevitable, and it is underway.

MARCH 24, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
PEOPLE HOLD Israeli flags next to a banner of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration in Tel Aviv last week against the judicial overhaul.

What laws apply to Israeli soldiers protesting judicial reform? - explainer

Some military reservists, most notably pilots, have refused to attend training as a form of protest against the judicial reform. Do they have the right to do this?

MARCH 22, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israel Air Force F-15i Ra'am fly at a Graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force soldiers who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev desert. June 28, 2016.

IDF reservist duty has only dropped by 8% since August, IDF data shows

The numbers, which are in question, come as IDF reservists have vowed to strike in response to the Israeli judicial reform.

MARCH 22, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Reservists train during a battalion wide exercise in the Golan Heights.

Hundreds of IDF reservists avoiding call-ups amid judicial reform protests

750 reservists, comprised of a mix of Air Force, Unit 8200 intelligence and special forces personnel, have stopped answering their call-ups for training.

MARCH 20, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
SOLDIERS TAKE PART in an operation west of Nablus earlier this week.

IDF reservists refuse to serve to avoid war crimes trials - opinion

The real reason reservists are striking is this; Israeli fighter pilots are very vulnerable to prosecution for war crimes under international criminal law.

MARCH 13, 2023ByKYLIE EISMAN-LIFSCHITZ
ISRAELI FIGHTER pilots are extremely vulnerable to prosecution for war crimes under international criminal law.

'Military blackmailing': IDF service as a tool to impact Israeli policy

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Refusal to serve, refusal to show up for reserve duty, or refusal to partake in certain IDF operations isn't new, but this time it's over policies unrelated to the military.

MARCH 10, 2023ByHERB KEINON
RESERVE SOLDIERS and veterans protest outside the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, against the government’s planned judicial overhaul, last month.

Are Israel's zealots the same as ancient Judea's zealots?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The zealot attacks regardless of his resources, training or skill.

MARCH 10, 2023ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
DEMONSTRATORS OUTSIDE the US Consulate in Tel Aviv on March 7 call on the US to intervene to stop the government’s judicial overhaul.

Israel's soul is poisoned by false doomsday discourse - opinion

Israel is far healthier than protesters would have us believe. So, beware the doomsday discourse about irreparable depredations in Israel’s democratic moorings.

MARCH 9, 2023ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
AT A protest at Ben-Gurion Airport yesterday, a man holds a sign that reads ‘Dictator: Don’t return!’ as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Italy.