Israel Matzav

'A stupid law that will not bring about Haredi enlistment'

My guess is that all this will accomplish is to bring about the largest demonstration since more than 600,000 Haredim gathered to protest the tyranny of the Supreme Court in 1999. That was the largest demonstration this country has ever seen.

In the aftermath of a late-night Knesset vote to impose "a legal obligation to perform military service" on all (Jewish) citizens of the State of Israel, Jewish Home MK Moti Yogev got it pretty much right when he said:

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday night, Yogev, a reserve committee member, termed the legislation “a stupid law” and said it “will not succeed in bringing about haredi enlistment.”

The MK said that the automatic imposition of criminal sanctions if enlistment targets were not met would not be effective. He introduced various procedural obstacles during the committee hearing to indicate his opposition to the legislation.

The committee’s vote to impose criminal sanctions evoked consternation from the mainstream haredi leadership, which vowed that the haredi public would take to the streets in mass protest against the law.

Actually, some of the key campaigners for 'equality' seem to have gotten it right as well.

The Hiddush religious freedom lobbying group said the decision to impose criminal sanctions was “a classic example of public deception and the preference for coalition survival instead of the good of the country.

“This decision ensures that equality in military conscription will not be achieved, but what will be achieved is a severe and unnecessary societal division,” the organization commented.

 That's probably accurate....

Labels: Ayelet Shaked, draft, Haredim, IDF, Jewish Home party, Yesh Atid party

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:21 AM