Though I generally abhor addressing political debates, I feel the degree of propaganda and misinformation some people have swallowed forces me to set the record straight on a number of points:
4) The cost of integrating tens of thousands of unwilling and unmotivated Chareidim, especially if they delay their induction to 23 years old when most are married and building families will be extremely prohibitive. The military constantly complains that lack of funding prevents them from training and equipping themselves properly, if they must allocate millions or billions of shekel to accommodate unwilling and unneeded conscripts they will either bankrupt themselves or require massive infusion of funds. In the current economic reality, this extra cash would inevitably come at the expense of much more important projects.