Posts Tagged: Israel Military Service
New Military, National Service Options for Israelis With Autism
JNS.org - In light of recent data about the rise in autism among the Israeli population, Israel’s government has helped create three new programs to allow...
IDF Overturns Previous Policy, Allows HIV-Positive Recruits — in Non-Combat Units
JNS.org - The Israel Defense Forces will revoke a long-standing policy and allow HIV-positive Israelis to enlist in non-combat roles in the army, the IDF announced...
Israel Cuts Compulsory Military Service by Four Months
JNS.org - Starting this month, men drafted into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will serve 32 months in the military, down from the current 36 months. The...
Charedi Draft Bill Provisions Disputed by Peri Committee Members
Jerusalem Post - Several members of the Peri Committee - which has been tasked with drawing up legislation for drafting haredi men into national...
Israel’s Jewish Home Party to Support Charedi Draft Bill
Ynet - Sources with Habayit Hayehudi said Thursday that the party intended to vote in favor of the haredi draft bill. After Yisrael Beiteinu announced it...
Charedi Pamphlet Calls for Resistance to Draft, Zionism
Ynet - A new organization operating under the name "Fortress - the center for protection from draft issues," has issued an instructional booklet...
Knesset Committee: In Six Weeks We Will Have Burden Law
Ynet - The Knesset Committee for Promoting Equal Share of the Burden, headed by Science Minister Yaakov Perry (Yesh Atid), convened for the first...
Israel’s Cabinet Forms Committee to Draft New Conscription Law
Times of Israel -The Cabinet on Sunday appointed a ministerial committee tasked with drafting new legislation for the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arabs...
Bennett: Integration of Haredim into Workforce More Important Than Universal Draft
Times of Israel - Integration of ultra-Orthodox Israelis into the workforce is more important than a universal draft law to mandate the religious...
Ministerial Committee to Submit Burden-Sharing Bill to Knesset Within 49 Days
Ynet - It was announced Wednesday that Science Minister Yaakov Peri will head a ministerial committee that will legislate issues pertaining to "equal share of...
Bennett Presents Plan for ‘Sharing the Burden’
Ynet - Two weeks after the new government was sworn in, Chairman of the Habayit Hayehudi party Naftali Bennett on Tuesday presented his plan for...
