IDF: we need the hareidi men
The IDF has a shortage of thousands of soldiers and sees hareidim as
excellent soldiers who can help fill the manpower gap, Brig. Gen. Gadi
Agmon, Head of Planning Brigade and Manpower Administration, told the official committee established to set new parameters for enlistment to military and civilian national service.
The committee, headed by MK Yohanan Plesner of Kadima, convened for the first time Monday, for a marathon
10 hour session. It is charged with finding a replacement to the Tal
Law that regualted the enlistment of hareidim until it was declared unconstitutional by the High Court.
Brig. Gen. Agmon said that at present, there are about 7,500 hareidi
18-year-olds who are eligible for enlistment. In 2011, 1,282 hareidim
from the ages of 18 to 26 enlisted.
The general was followed by Sar-Shalom Jerbi, Director General of the National Service Administration.
Jerbi told the committee that between 2007 and the present day, 1,806
hareidim and 2,399 minority members had volunteered for civilian
national service.
Prof. Eugene Kandel, Head of the National Economic Council, said that
the present situation is the result of government policy that has
existed for 60 years, and that norms that have taken root over such a
long period cannot be expected to change one or two years. He said that
there has been improvement in the hareidi sector's participation in
employment and that ways should be found to strengthen these trends and
not weaken them.
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