The Movement for Quality Government in Israel is urging the defense minister, IDF chief of staff, and attorney general to immediately begin issuing conscription orders to ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, following last week’s High Court ruling that the state must draft such men.
In a letter, the movement wrote, “You have the urgent obligation to begin equitable conscription in accordance with the Law for Security Service, specifically for 63,000 haredi yeshiva students for whom recruitment procedures have not yet been taken, or whose service was [previously] postponed.”
The letter notes that despite the High Court ruling, no conscription orders have been sent to the 63,000 yeshiva bochurim who are obligated to enlist. The Attorney General’s Office has instructed the IDF and Defense Ministry to “act immediately” to draft them, with a minimum of 4,800 Charedi men required to be drafted in 2024.
The Defense Ministry has refused to comment on its actions to comply with the order.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated that the IDF needs 10,000 new soldiers due to losses sustained during the current war, a point which the group says underscored why drafting yeshiva bochurim is important.
Eliad Shraga, chairman of the Movement for Quality Government, said, “We are in the midst of a war and the IDF needs all the manpower it can get. Failure to draft the ultra-Orthodox at this stage is not just a violation of the High Court’s ruling but also a severe blow to state security and the principle of equality. We are demanding immediate and determined action to draft all yeshiva students who are obligated to perform military service without further delay.”
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They don’t realize that Torah learning is the best protection. Remember the yeshiva in Ofakim was untouched during the massacre. The religious settlements were unharmed. See the evidence.
“Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has stated that the IDF needs 10,000 new soldiers due to losses sustained during the current war”
According to official counts, only 700 soldiers died… Are there 9000 non-fatal casualties, or am I missing something?
The Defense Minister noted yesterday that because of casualties and the time that reservists have been extended on active duty, the IDF immediately needs at least 10,000 new conscripts. Hopefully, they will begin immediately to implement the Court’s directive to apply the draft law across ALL segments of the population and include Chareidi bochurim among those called to serve. Clearly, if they want to engage in civil disobedience, they can choose to go to prison rather than serve.
Mr g-dora, are you saying that the upper class Tel Avivans should also be conscripted?
What about our peace partner arabs?
Or does it only apply to those who are in yeshiva?
Who the hell is this self-appointed “Movement for Quality Government” organisation that people have some kind of obligation to listen to it?? What because they arrogantly gave themselves a righteous sounding name that means that they can dictate what they decide is the right way to behave??
If someone started a “Movement for Torah Observance” (lehavdil!) would they also have the same powers to force the courts and state officials to act according to their wishes??
Being in prison is safer than being in the IDF.
The wail ”IDF is undermanned”, is a plain lie.
So many bored folks in there just sitting their 3 year term out, wishing they’d rather tour the world, or study, rather than making ”caffe shachor im shtayim sookar” for 3 years straight.
Besides, AI reinforces this point: the IDF actually needs less people.
The entire saga is designed to homogenize the nation into one formless acculturated mass called ”Israeli”. The army is ideal place for this, as it is an almost unscrutinised mass brain-washing: actually the strongest religion in Israel today!
Not Jewishness, but army-ness is what defines the jewish in Israel today.
Its time to re-focus who we are as a nation; Israeli Jews, or Jewish Israelis.
To say Torah holds us up and every yid should sit and learn all day every day, is true. To say we need to actively protect ourselves and do hishtadlus in olam hagashmi (not just on the ruchnius side) to not allow ourselves to get killed, is also true. Am yisroel, particularly in E’Y, is being torn apart by not looking for a middle ground. The sina is out of control. Where is the ohav shalom and rodef shalom? Does raising $100 million for this year help the situation or just kick the can down the road till next year? Is there a future in machlokes? Somehow in the midbar we had one Pinchus ben Elazer ben Aharon Hakohen. Now we have a million. Machlokes is not the answer.