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How would different tracks of enlistment change the longstanding Israeli ethos of service and sacrifice for the state and society?
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How would different tracks of enlistment change the longstanding Israeli ethos of service and sacrifice for the state and society?
How would different tracks of enlistment change the longstanding Israeli ethos of service and sacrifice for the state and society?
From the blog of Michael Laitman at The Times of Israel
Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's military correspondent. Ultra-Orthodox men walk outside the IDF recruitment office in Jerusalem, on December 5, 2019. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Wednesday threatened to move to conscript all ultra-Orthodox Israelis, who currently are largely exempt from military service, beginning next month, as he presented a fresh plan to address the country’s overall enlistment policy. For decades, ultra-Orthodox Israelis have maintained a near-blanket exemption from national service in favor of religious study, but in 2012 the High...