The Israeli military will next week begin the process of drafting candidates from Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, the military said on Tuesday.
Israelis are bound by law to serve in the military from the age of 18 for 24-32 months. Members of Israel’s 21% Arab minority and ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students have largely been exempt for decades.
Netanyahu’s coalition includes two ultra-Orthodox parties that regard the exemptions as key to keep their constituents in religious seminaries and away from a melting-pot military that might test their conservative values.
…ultra-Orthodox Jews, who make up 13% of Israel’s 10 million population…
Non Israel Jews will not be drafted anyway. So they do not matter. So the only ultra Orthodox Jews, which do matter, are the Israeli ones. So to get an idea of what they want, it is a good idea to look at what the parties are doing, which claim to represent them. Intresstingly both are part of the 2022 government of Netanyahu, which stopped any restricitions on settlements of Jews on the West Bank. They are also both part of the current united government.
Point being, that they are unfortunatly complicite in what is going on.
Now I understand your point, thanks for the clarifications.