In an interview with Walla News, Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of the Interior (Shas) Eli Yishai stated the Tal Law was not implemented because the government did not do enough, adding the Plesner Law intended to replace the Tal Law will also not work for the same reason.
Yishai added that he fully supports sending those who are not learning to an appropriate national service, the police or fire department.
“We all understand the paramount importance of learning torah, and without it we simply cannot exist. The army however does not want a lot of chareidim. Officials do not want to see a chareidi majority in the IDF. They are afraid because the chareidi tzibur continues to grow and even if they only take some of the chareidim the religious will become a majority in the military”.
When asked if he believes the IDF fears drafting too many chareidim, Yishai added “The IDF chief of staff has stated he will not change the character of the military and when the number of chareidim in the IDF begins to impact the character of the service additional chareidim will not be accepted. The IDF does not want a lot of chareidim. This is no secret” Yishai concluded.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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It will happen eventualy no matter what happens. Simple demographics. It will be interesting when unit commanders have the option of compulsery Torah learning sessions for all soldiers. Forced to listen to Kol Isha today… Mishna Brurah and Mesilas Yesharim tomorrow.
The goyim have a saying about “painting oneself into a corner.” This applies to the entire Medinah, not just the army. Either the zionists can stick to their goal of building a nation free from the yoke, ignore demographics, and probably not survive. Or they can agree to establish a Jewish state and accept that the hiloni elite will be a marginalized class, with great economic power but lacking political clout.
For Israel to survive, all they have to do is turn the army into a giant “Nahal Hareidi”, and have some special “Jim Crow” units for the fanatic hilonim. The alternative is an increasingly dysfunction army, and state, which probably will not survive in the long term. The question is whether the hilonim will give trying to maintain a hiloni state, and would they end up prefering an Arab state rather than a Jewish one.