The Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee held another meeting on Monday morning regarding the regulation of a Chareidi draft law.

During the meeting, Lt. Col. Avigdor Dikstein, the head of the Chareidi department in the IDF’s Manpower Directorate reported that 14,000 draft orders will be sent to bnei yeshivos in three phases: 5,000 on Thursday, March 13th; 4,000 on April 6th; and 4,000 on May 4th.

The majority of the orders are being sent to random bnei yeshivos who are eligible for enlistment but 4,900 are being sent to those whom the IDF views as being more likely to actually enlist, including those working or studying for a career while also attending yeshiva.

However, Dikstein estimated that the IDF will not meet its recruitment targets for the Chareidi sector.

Last week, Dikstein revealed: “Of the 10,000 orders sent to Chareidim between July 24 and March 25 – only 177 actually enlisted.”

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)