Chareidi soldiers are going to be deployed in new areas, including military police and the navy, Kol Berama Radio reports. The new program is scheduled to being in November 2016. Fifteen chareidi soldiers will be assigned to the military police’s Erez Battalion. This unit is responsible for crossing points around the perimeter of Jerusalem.
The IDF’s induction goal for chareidim in 2016 is 3,200 and officials hope this number will continue to increase. The military also hopes to place chareidim in the navy, a Dabur patrol boats which leave their base and patrol up to 48-hours at a time. This program is still in the planning stage and it has not yet been approved.
Hesder yeshiva soldiers are serving in this program and conditions for frum soldiers are difficult as there are no minyanim, soldiers live in close quarters and maintaining a kosher kitchen on these vessels is not a reality at present. The navy is known to be the most secular branch of the IDF.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Makes a great deal of sense. One of the most important missions of the military police is to arrest Jews who are refusing to serve in the army. The IDF is quite clever to see that the infamous “midnight knock on the door” when raiding yeshivos is issued by someone frum. Of course this increases the liklihood of soldiers engaging in a mutiny.
They will be crossing guards!
Hey Akuperma,
If you really knew what the horrific meaning of the army’s “knock on the door signified” to those of us that have or had children serving I believe you would have chosen different words for your foolishness