Benizri said whether the law is good or not good is irrelevant. If the Haredi gedolim do not come out explicitly saying young Haredi men [not learning full time in yeshivot] need to conscript into the army, they general Haredi community won't go, and nothing else about the law will make a difference.
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To be sure, Benizri is not threatening and is not promising and is not warning and is not making bombastic statements. he is stating the reality as he sees it. And I happen to agree with him. Sure, some young Haredim will allow themselves to be drafted, just like we have some individuals today going to the army from the Haredi community. As a general rule, the Haredi community will continue to avoid the draft if the gedolim dont say explicitly to go join the IDF. And he seems to think that the gedolim will not make such a statement.
Which basically makes this entire exercise of trying to find a draft law acceptable to the Haredim and to the IDF and to the public all at the same time into what is basically an exercise in futility. It is well known that the tactic used by the Haredi politicians all along throughout the years was to delay. No law was ever good enough and no law caused haredim to draft and no law was really acceptable, but they were just good enough to cause the can to be kicked further down the road. But for how long can they continue to kick the can down the road, all the while increasing the public anger over the situation and sometimes directed at them... what's the point of this law they are insisting on but seemingly have n intention to act upon? Or maybe Benizri is wrong and once the law passes the Haredim, at least the ones not actually learning full time, will conscript into the army? Maybe the gedolim will call upon more young Haredi men to draft... it just seems pointless and provocative for nothing
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