Amidst a public debate about the justification for the decades-long blanket exemption from IDF service for haredi men, the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC) debated on Monday a bill to lengthen the age of exemption for reservists by one year. The bill’s intent is to preserve the current array of reservists at … Read more
A new party of IDF reservists who served in the Gaza Strip would receive 10 seats if led by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel, a poll conducted for The Jerusalem Post found this week. The poll also found that a reservists’ party headed by other candidates with a military background would garner strong support. … Read more
Far-right National Missions Minister Orit Struk attacked IDF reserves officers for their “fat pockets [stuffed with money]” in an interview with N12 on Tuesday. Struk made the comment while being asked about the hundreds of millions of shekels being added to her ministry in the amended 2023 budget for uses like “family purity” counseling … Read more
