Chairman Yuli Edelstein has called an “urgent” hearing for the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to discuss the IDF’s Tuesday announcement saying it will send draft orders to the Charedi community beginning this coming Sunday.
Edelstein’s office expressed concerns over the lack of clear criteria or mechanism for selecting recruits, warning of “absolute chaos” among the Chareidi community. The legal standing of the orders has also been questioned, with Edelstein seeking clarity on whether the selection is arbitrary or based on specific criteria.
Below are clips from a protest on Route 4 near Bnei Brak, where hundreds of Chareidim joined in protesting the draft orders. Further escalation is expected in the coming days.
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It is very easy to break one’s rifle, or any other piece of equipment. A really bad cook can make the food in the mess hall inedible. Someone can distribute a phrase book with Arabic phrases such as “I am not a zionist” and “Don’t shoot, I am not your enemy”. There is a good reason Israel doesn’t conscript Palestinians (though many volunteer), and there are many reasons why most democracies don’t conscript conscientious objectors.
The zionists should consider paying descent wages and benefits to soldiers, including an absolute preference for admission to universities and financial support during further studies (which will make the non-hareidim who refuse army service do some howling).
Absolute Chaos???
Can this site stop putting down the religious!!!
Its ok for left to go crazy and do what they want at demonstrations riots. These losers are not respecting elections of a democratic county.
No one’s agenda was deliberately to take away things that are important to them on purpose
They are barely stopped. Not called chaos.
The Ethiopians go crazy, that’s ok.
But when religious jews are protesting a war aimed specifically against the basics of Jewdisim its a problem.