David Israel
Jewish Press, Dec. 9, 2021
” … the Haredi parties are busy enlisting opposition parties to vote down the bill when it is submitted for Knesset approval, and one must wonder why.”
In the latest round of attempts to satisfy everyone regarding Haredi enlistment in the IDF (which, to remind you, was the reason behind then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to disperse the Knesset and go to new elections back in 2019, ushering in his political defeat), the cabinet approved the proposal of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, and Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman to examine lowering the age for exemption from IDF service for young men from the Haredi sector to 21.
However, the Haredi parties are busy enlisting opposition parties to vote down the bill when it is submitted for Knesset approval, and one must wonder why.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced their decision to establish an inter-ministerial team, to be led by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Defense Ministry, “to evaluate service arrangements in the IDF and the National Service, and formulate a new, broad and updated service plan that coordinates security and socioeconomic needs in Israel, including its various population groups, which would reflect a broad national consensus.”
Cabinet Secretary Shalom Shlomo and the chief of the Defense Minister’s staff, Ma’ayan Yisraeli, will chair the team, which will include members from the Justice, Finance, Economy and Industry, Social Equality and Defense Ministries, as well as from the Prime Minister’s Office. IDF and National Service Authority representatives will work with the team.
The extensive committee will debate the cabinet’s August 22, 2021 plan, whose basic components are:
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