except that if you were here youd agree that lapids efforts are what they seem, not fantasy, and thats he’s making life a heck of alot harder for the bnei yeshivos, besides the draft issue. that tells me he means business.
This thread deserves to be derailed, so…
Lapids efforts to “make life harder” on beni Yeshivos stem from those Beni Yeshivos having previously been living off funding from the government. The Israeli people (as elected by Lapid) have had their lives made harder (in their opinion) by the dispersal of funds to “Charaidim” (in the form of laws that are shaped by the Charaidi partied to help their own, for example housing subsidies based on years married instead of years working or army service). Remember all of the “social justice” protests? Those were basically protests by regular tax paying Israelis against the continued increased funding to Charaidim & settlements, and Lapid winning all those votes is due to his promise (which he seems to be trying to keep) to refocus that funding towards army vets & regular Israelis (for good or bad). Add to that the actions of the “Baryonim” such as these in Mea Shearim and those in Bais Shemesh, and you get a population that wants to remove some of the Charadi political power, which is why Lapid could have never entered into a coilition with Gimmel (and was very Emesdik in saying so).
Now the populace via Lapid see an opportunity to “shift” the balance back to what would be without the Charaidi parties pushing support. V’Harayah that (IMHO) “beni yeshivos” are not specifically targeted (as of yet) is that Neturei Karta & Satmar, who do not take funding from the government, are not affected by any of Lapid’s actions. So far, it is all about Gelt (sounds like a disagreement we have had earlier!). I can’t feel too bad about removal of subsidies from anyone, even in a socialist country.
Once you take that into account, the deferment of the 1800 & the long time table involved show me Lapid does not want to (forcibly) pull guys out of yeshiva. He does want to stop funding them and redirect such funding towards others.