mdd -“The IDF brass says they can manage without them, but a lot of stam Israelis fell it is unfair for the Chareidim to be getting money from the State while refusing to do what (in their eyes) is a service to the State — the army duty, or contribute to the common basket by working. They agreee to free a large persentage from the army duty. They pay and they make the rules as to who get sthe money.”
Yes, I know about their new cry of “sharing the burden”, in other words -“Boo Hoo, it’s not fair”.
No. 1. The fact that they don’t have a Torah education that teaches “Torah protects” is Not the Charedim’s fault -it’s their fault that these Chilonim don’t want to learn any Torah, but if they wanted to there is ample opportunity in EY to learn Torah.
So the Truth is the Charedim learning Torah are doing more than their fair share.
2. If the army says we don’t want to change the way the army works -who are these politicians to say -we will force change on you? Perhaps the reason the army wants to keep everything the same because this way the army gets the most out of their personnel. If you have a bigger influx of recruits this means less time in army service, just maybe less time is Not enough to get experienced soldiers. Being a soldier is not about just shooting a gun anymore -they have something called modern warfare. And this is why most countries have gotten away from the draft.
So this sick jealously that they have on Charedim and their opinion that Charedim don’t deserve anything, just like arabs, is actually putting the whole country in danger.
But they don’t care about having a strong army – all they care about is stopping the Charedim from practicing their religion. It’s called religious coercion. Just like what was done in the time of the crusades and during the Spanish Inquisition, etc.!