draft dodge
Gantz rejects Netanyahu’s embrace of his pre-war Haredi enlistment policy
The former defense minister said that the 2022 legislation does not go far enough to address Israel’s post-Oct. 7 needs
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Benny Gantz, former minister of Defense and part of the emergency government attends the funeral for First Sergeant Major Gal Meir Eisenkot, 25 years old, at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023, in Herzliya, Israel.
With the Israeli army in need of more troops as it fights on multiple fronts in the south and north, a politically sensitive bill to draft more Haredim into the IDF hit yet another snag on Wednesday.
Israeli Prime...