Israeli draft
Mandatory service extension will not solve army manpower crisis, head of IDF personnel warns
Bar Kalifa wrote that the extension of mandatory service approved by the Knesset plenum on Thursday “does not eliminate the need to expand the pool of draftees.”
Over 70 mayors, council leaders file petition against haredi draft exemption law
Why Gadi Eisenkot is rejecting the haredi political embrace that once helped Netanyahu win
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has a duty to warn the government about draft evasion - editorial
IDF to begin allowing HIV-positive soldiers
The announcement was made in honor of World AIDS Day.
Yesh Atid file High Court petition against annulment of obligatory military service for haredi men
Lapid says Netanyahu, Bennett, Ya'alon show they have "no values" by supporting amendment to haredi draft bill.
Radical haredi faction promises to ‘ignite the streets' in protest at amendment to enlistment law
Rabbinic leader of Jerusalem Faction says amendment would 'restrict and limit the fulfillment of the Torah, God forbid, through targets and similar things and with various blandishments."
IDF cuts male soldiers service from 36 to 32 months
Cut makes up gap in manpower to change face of the army.
To promote integration, IDF shuts down Druse battalion
IDF source: "Our wish is to fulfill the wants of Druse youths, who clearly want to integrate into the wider IDF, and not be in their own battalion,"
Bill barring draft-dodgers from getting scholarships heads to final vote
Any university student who did not serve in the IDF or national service and did not receive an exemption from service will have to pay full tuition.
