https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-860157
The army on Sunday started summoning all 54,000 remaining eligible haredim for IDF service in the largest ever coordinated mass pursuit of that sector, in a campaign that will continue through July.
These ultra-Orthodox will be called on to arrive for actual service by July 2026.
This comes after 24,000 haredim were already summoned in split-up rounds of the last year, with very small results in actual haredim coming in for their military service, but under pressure by the High Court of Justice and public opinion to broaden the draft against the backdrop of unprecedented numbers of soldiers from all sectors being killed, wounded, and performing longer reserve service.
I would love to think this will be handled seriously but you know how it will turn out - they'll send out 50 000 draft notices. 50 guys will show up, each with a note from his doctor claiming mental and physical inability to serve. None will be drafted. There will be no consequences.
ReplyDeleteIt's more like they're going through the motions to make the Supreme Court happy.
What might work better is simply withdrawing all state financial support from draft dodgers, including secular ones. If you don't serve, you don't get any government benefits, no government ID, no access to opening a bank account, no driving licence, no health coverage. And your yeshiva doesn't get funding for you to sit there and learn.