Overview

• Debate over integrating Haredim into the IDF reignited with six different models proposed.
• IDF Chief of Staff emphasizes the need for wider military service, including Haredim and possibly Arab Israelis.
• National Unity Party leader Benny Gantz proposes a plan for integrating Haredim and Arab Israelis into national service.
• Defense Minister Yoav Gallant suggests compensating IDF soldiers more as a solution to the exemption issue.
• Yair Lapid's aggressive law for increasing Haredi service numbers remains a point of reference.