The Haredi demand for a defense minister's letter against deserter arrests, and the roundabout move being weighed
דרישת החרדים למכתב של שר הביטחון נגד מעצרי עריקים - והמהלך הסיבובי שנשקל
Summary
Ultra-Orthodox parties are demanding that Israel's defense minister publish a letter stating that arrests of draft-dodgers do not help recruitment, even as the IDF chief of staff says the army needs 'every soldier.' The conscription laws the military seeks are not being advanced, and the prime minister and Defense Minister Katz are expected to discuss the Haredi demand. One option under consideration is for the cabinet secretary to publish the letter as a workaround. The episode underscores the deepening fight over Haredi enlistment.
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