this is not a solution Jonathan.....its a "Catch 22"
I have developed what I think is a fair solution to Israel’s Haredi draft exemption problem. It does not involve locking up draft evaders or withholding government subsidies for Haredi educational institutions. Rather, it requires every Haredi and secular citizen of draft age to perform mandatory national service of their choice.
For example, after finishing basic training, a person could elect to continue in the army, Magen David Adom, KKL, the educational sector or any other type of national service agreed upon by the Knesset.
If someone refused to perform this obligatory service to the state, they would lose both their right to vote and their access to government financial support. These privileges could be regained if the person agreed to do national service. And there would be no age or time limit past which someone who had refused to perform national service would be permanently barred from regaining the right to vote or to secure government assistance.
This proposed system would also be applied to Israel’s Arab community which, with notable exceptions, would be barred from entering the army.
That the IDF is suffering from a major manpower crisis is not open to debate. But this shortfall in recruits is caused not only by large numbers of draft age Haredi and secular citizens refusing to serve, but also by the army’s dysfunctional organization, politically biased promotion system, and counterproductive military doctrine , which doesn’t emphasize achieving quick, decisive victories over our enemies.
I believe that my proposed draft law if coupled with a much needed comprehensive military reform program could provide Israel with sufficient troops to effectively defeat any future threat we may be faced with.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/413233
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Agree this is no solution. There should never be mandatory service in a free society. The chareidim who sit and learn Tprah are serving the Jewish people more than anyone else. Those who are not learning should find themselves jobs to earn a parnassah. They should not be forced to go into army service because they are not raised and built for it and mainly it is not a proper setting for a religious lifestyle; it is for secularizing them, c'v.
From what I've read the secular young draft dodgers outnumber the
chareidi ones. These are all lame excuses. Their main goal is to secularize
or water down Torah and to use these young religious men as canon fodder.
Why use their children & families when you could use those 'chareidim'.
To the G-Dless, the chareidim are thought of as, r'l, useless eaters.
Even in the times of our great Dovid Hamelech, ztl, 'if a man was fearful and
didn't want to fight and be a soldier at a time of war,' he was given permission to NOT serve.
yiddle
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