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Shay Tayeb

Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate’s Planning and Personnel Management Division, at a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 12:03 am
Army complains of manpower shortage as Knesset restarts work on draft exemption bill
‘We will very soon reach the region of ​​80,000-90,000 draft dodgers,’ IDF official tells MKs, as PM launches last-ditch campaign to pass law sparing Haredim from conscription
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Haredi conscription outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, January 4, 2026. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 10:46 pm
Up to 80% of all draft evaders are ultra-Orthodox, IDF general tells Knesset
Total number of those classified as draft evaders or as having not shown up when ordered jumps from 13,000 to 68,000 over just two years, after broad Haredi exemption ruled illegal
By Sam Sokol
Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, head of the IDF Personnel Directorate's Planning and Personnel Management Division, addresses the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, December 14, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2025, 2:34 pm
IDF tells lawmakers Haredi draft exemption bill ‘far from’ solving troop shortage
Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb warns Knesset defense panel that cuts to the length of mandatory military service mean the current dearth of forces is only expected to get worse
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK Boaz Bismuth chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, August 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 12, 2025, 7:57 pm
After replacing head of key defense panel, coalition launches new push for Haredi draft bill
Government source expresses optimism regarding possibility of compromise with ultra-Orthodox parties. MK Porush: ‘Anyone who sits and studies should get a deferment from the army’
By Sam Sokol
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers are drafted into the military at an induction center, April 28, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 21, 2025, 8:42 pm
Only 1,212 of the 24,000 Haredi men called up in past year have begun enlisting
Haredim continue legislative boycott for third week in effort to pressure PM to pass a law exempting yeshiva students from military service. Coalition bills removed from agenda
By Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
Likud MK Yuli Edelstein chairs a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, May 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 8, 2025, 11:30 pm
Edelstein urges ‘real solution’ as work set to begin on revising Haredi draft bill
Failure to pass the controversial legislation could put the continued existence of Netanyahu’s government in jeopardy, warn ultra-Orthodox parties
By Sam Sokol
Lt. Col. Avigdor Dickstein (left), who is in charge of encouraging ultra-Orthodox enlistment, and Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb (right), head of the IDF Personnel Directorate’s Planning and Personnel Management Division, at the Knesset State Control Committee, January 7, 2025. (Noam Moskowitz, Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
January 7, 2025, 6:49 pm
Sanctions on draft dodgers need to be strengthened, top officer tells lawmakers
The IDF’s capacity to absorb ultra-Orthodox recruits is set to rise sharply in coming years, says Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, adding, ‘There will be tens of thousands… under orders’
By Sam Sokol
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