Avi K. If one holds, following the views expressed in the ???? ???, which is how many if not most hareidim hold, the zionists are ?????? for having initiated a war contrary to halacha for the purpose of driving the Palestinians out of Eretz Yisrael, and by halacha a ???? is required to withdraw and can not kill the ???? who is merely defening himself. Heretofore the hareidim have not had to present this argument, which undermines the legitimacy of zionism in the eyes not only of many Jews but also among the goyim (who are increasingly impatient with Israel’s hostility towards the Arabs, with even the US considering cutting off all assistance and supporting international sanctions against zionists). This is because the Israelis have wisely not tried to force hareidim to join their army.
If a German sought an excuse to avoid joining the Wehrmacht (which for the most part stuck to defending the country rather than focusing on killing Jews), would you consider him a slacker.
P.S. The highly secular culture of Israel is probably a bigger factor in closing doors to hareidim. The truth is that most American goyim (I’m specifically excluding secular Jews) are friendlier to hareidim than are Israeli zionists, with the result that if a hareidim is primarily interested in maximizing parnassah, he will immigrate to the United States.