“However, if I was living in Israel, I would have to decide between two very different options:
1) report to the draft office, receive a deferment, and go back to learning; or
2) go protest in the streets.”
Just curious. Why isnt there a 3rd option. Listen to “your” Rosh Yeshiva and dont register, get arrested if/when the army shows up. So far, to my (admittedly not the best informed) knowledge Nobody has said to go out into the streets, block traffic, burn garbage and engage in physical violence against the police and others. Civil disobedience is certainly common, but, at a certain point, the government must intervene when it creates hardship for many people.