I have to admit, I was excited by the conversation with the soldiers from the Netzach Yehuda battalion. They epitomize the connection that we’re aiming for. We have a difficult mission, but this is doubtless a historic decision. Countless people and countless committees have debated this over the past 20 years – the time has come to make a decision. I am certain that we will need to get things going, and we will, gradually, while maintaining the value of Torah.
-- Minister of Science and Technology Yaakov Perry, as head of the Committee for Equality in the Burden of Service, after a meeting with haredi soldiers to hear the issues they have to deal with.
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