In order to live where we live, and to continue to do so in relative safety, the army needs more men – as it has told the government repeatedly over the past year.
The announcement was made as an attempt to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to advance with a new bill to regulate haredi IDF service.
Katz denied the proposal to extend service by four months, opting to keep the current term of one year and five months.
Real redemption requires sacrifice: only when every Jew embraces this burden will we truly understand the slavery and freedom in the matzah and the blood and jubilation in the wine.
Gil Limon told attendees at Reichman University that the government failed to pass a draft law amidst the IDF manpower crisis.
Thousands march in Jerusalem for equal military service burden, demanding government action for widespread recruitment. "We bear the burden, but we demand immediate change," protesters say.
The former principal warned that failure to lessen the burden will lead to the IDF's reservist system collapse.
From the ground up, quietly and courageously, individuals and families are making choices that do not reject tradition but embody it differently.
Police said that the protest erupted into violence, as the demonstrators blocked Jerusalem's Shmuel Hanavi street.
"The gates of hell might have opened on the Gazans, but for sure they have opened on the 59 hostages, and there is no savior."
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