Reply To: What's wrong with the draft?

Ben Levi said

Furthermore considering the fact that I have had close reletives killed in terrorist bombings in Isreal I take exception to someone stating Chareidim don’t live in Isreal with risks. It so happens to be that the cousins of mine that served in Tzahal all returned home safe and sound. The Chareid cousin who boarded the wrong bus with her children lost one, and the parents live with their woumds.

My response:

There is a very obvious, simple difference which you appear to have missed. Your Chareidi cousins did not willingly/intentionally put themselves into harm’s way, whereas your Tzahal cousins did. The consequences are irrelevant. What we are discussing here is who makes the intentional decision to contribute to the country BiMesirus Nefesh Mamash and who doesn’t.