Comments on: Committee to Induct Chareidim into IDF Convened Today

By: Loyal Jew

Loyal Jew — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:26:21 +0000

The Shmad Squad.

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Tue, 22 May 2012 00:53:06 +0000

#2, why are you surprised? Akuperma and I have been advocating this here for a long time. (I’ve been advocating it for over 25 years, but obviously not on YWN; no idea how long Akuperma has.)

By: rabbiofberlin

rabbiofberlin — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:09:45 +0000

apukerma- what happeend to you? You just wrote a reasoned, logical, impartial comment. “shehecheyonu vekimono”

By: akuperma

akuperma — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:22:15 +0000

The only option is to end conscription and switch to a professional army. Adapting the army to Hareidim will outrage the hilonim. Drafting large numbers of angry Hareidim (not to mention Palestinian Muslims) will undermine the army from within, and seriously hurt Israel’s position abroad.

Ironically, ending conscription will force the army to make a serious effort to recruit soldiers, will probably result in more Hareidim joining the army than at present. Also ending conscription means that many people who learn in yeshiva rather than have to “fight” the army will be free to pursue careers, so ending conscription will probably cause an economic boom (to help pay for the more expensive, but qualatatively superior, professional army).