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Forget the draft. Israel doesn’t need another Kent State on its hands.
Here is Moshe Feiglin’s plan:
Draft and Equality: A Volunteer Army
Israel’s population in the sixties and seventies was half of what it is today. Organized armies sat on our borders, waiting for the command to destroy us. Nevertheless, army service was two and a half years and women did not serve in combat units. Today, the only regular army that is a threat to Israel is the Egyptian army (thanks to our peace treaty with Egypt) at the opposite end of the demilitarized Sinai. War has transformed into a high-tech, guerilla conflict. Nevertheless, soldiers are now drafted for three years, because the IDF is considered the “People’s Army.”