choppy- I am not arguing on behalf of the Israeli government or Mofaz or Plesner. I am arguing about the impact of having everyone in kollel ,regardless of their qualifications.
There have been suggestions to declare a general amnesty to everyone- so anyone in a kollel would not have to go ot the army, and then afterwards only finance a limited amount of people.This would put everyone’s finances on a better footing- and don’t kid yourself, there is much resentment of the kollel people not going to the army but also because they take a big chunk of money from the public. Money is always, always, at the root of everything.
My argument has been that the vast majority of jungeleit would leave the kollels if they could go make an honest living.