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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

IDF recruitment

Hisham Abu Riya, the first non-Bedouin Muslim officer in the IDF, being awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel (res.) in September 2022 (courtesy)
September 9, 2024, 6:04 am
Taboo of Arabs in the IDF is slowly crumbling, says first Muslim non-Bedouin officer
Hisham Abu Raya was the first from his community to climb the IDF ranks. Today, he runs a program promoting military service among young Muslims as a key to advancing in society
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Illustrative: The hesder yeshiva in the Itamar settlement in the West Bank, May 2, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)
August 19, 2024, 5:50 pm
Report: Gallant approved 7 new ‘hesder’ yeshivas for ultra-Orthodox soldiers
Decision to launch more Haredi establishments that combine military service with Torah studies comes amid bitter dispute over High Court mandating yeshiva students’ enlistment
By ToI Staff
Protesters clash with police outside an army recruitment conference for young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 7, 2024, 7:27 pm
IDF claims violent enlistment protests scaring off ultra-Orthodox draftees
Only 48 out of 900 Haredim to receive call-up orders have shown up at induction center as anti-draft rioters aim to deter would-be soldiers
By Sam Sokol
Extremist Haredi protesters break into the IDF recruitment office at the Tel Hashomer base to protest the conscription of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students, August 6, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 6, 2024, 5:28 pm
Extremist Haredim storm IDF recruitment base to protest drafting of yeshiva students
Military says activists removed, denounces illegal breach of site; at least 9 arrested as mounted officers disperse demonstration, with bottles reportedly thrown at security forces
By ToI Staff
Protesters clash with police outside an army recruitment conference for young ultra-Orthodox Jews in Tel Aviv, July 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 31, 2024, 6:40 pm
AG says army must also draft full-time yeshiva students, not just working Haredim
IDF’s decision to begin ultra-Orthodox draft with those not studying Torah full-time is legally problematic and constitutes ‘selective enforcement,’ argues deputy Gil Limon
By Sam Sokol
Israeli soldiers from the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, July 10, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 14, 2024, 4:58 pm
Majority of Haredim say new religious army units would boost enlistment – poll
Survey finds support for adaptions for military service, though 72% of ultra-Orthodox respondents oppose drafting all Haredim; Defense Ministry set to launch information campaign
By Sam Sokol
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convenes a meeting of the war cabinet in Tel Aviv on March 15, 2024 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 26, 2024, 1:16 pm
Cabinet discussion on Haredi draft postponed amid marathon coalition talks
Under pressure to finalize legislative update before ultra-Orthodox exemption law expires, Netanyahu meets with faction heads on revised draft
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
File - Ultra-Orthodox students seen at the Ponovitz Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, February 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 10, 2024, 6:41 am
Citing IDF’s manpower ‘surplus,’ Haredim reject post-October 7 draft equality push
Despite defense minister and IDF chief’s calls for more soldiers, UTJ lawmakers threaten to bolt coalition if even ‘one real yeshiva student has to close his Talmud’
By Sam Sokol
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 19, 2024, 9:41 pm
Lapid advances bill to enlist ultra-Orthodox, demanding they share IDF burden
Opposition leader calls on defense minister to withdraw government bill lengthening enlistment period to make up for manpower shortages, says IDF must be ‘real people’s army’
By Sam Sokol
Young Israelis arrive to the IDF recruitment center at Tel Hashomer, outside of Tel Aviv on March 17, 2020. (Flash90)
February 8, 2024, 5:06 pm
Pre-army academies roiled by IDF early draft notices, bemoan ‘lack of transparency’
Officials and students say enlistment orders were sent to more students than had been agreed upon; yeshivas not affected
By Gavriel Fiske
Ultra-Orthodox men study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem, on August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 7, 2024, 8:36 am
Inside the government-funded group arranging IDF exemptions for yeshiva students
Israel’s wartime budget includes millions of shekels for the Vaad HaYeshivot, despite a manpower shortage forcing the army to extend reservists’ mandatory service period
By Sam Sokol
Young Israeli men line up as they arrive at the IDF recruitment center at Tel Hashomer on July 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 24, 2024, 10:23 pm
IDF to recruit soldiers early from pre-military academy and service tracks
Some 1,400 are set to be drafted to combat units in March, months before their pre-army programs are completed
By Gavriel Fiske
From left to right, high school seniors Yuval Meller, Inbar Carmi and Maayan Shalom, at Tichon Hamoshava high school in Zichron Yaakov, on January 16, 2024. (Gavriel Fiske/Times of Israel)
January 24, 2024, 8:36 am
‘Ready to do whatever it takes’: 12th-graders find a protective bubble popped by war
Four teenagers set to graduate from a Zichron Yaakov high school join a roundtable discussion with ToI to discuss Gaza, the IDF, antisemitism and what comes next for them
By Gavriel Fiske
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to new IDF recruits at the Bakum, the military's induction base in central Israel, August 13, 2023. (Defense Ministry)
August 13, 2023, 2:48 pm
Gallant tells fresh recruits that overhaul crisis has not hurt IDF draft process
Defense minister vows to prevent harm to military, as defense establishment emphatically denies report IDF, Shin Bet, Mossad chiefs considering public speech on damage to readiness
By Michael Horovitz
Nahal Brigade troops are seen during an exercise, November 2, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
March 10, 2022, 12:18 pm
Knesset delays 2-month reduction in mandatory military service for men
Male soldiers will continue to serve for 32 months at least until July 2024; bill cites manpower shortages as result of previous cut in 2015
By Emanuel Fabian
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