Since the Supreme Court has ruled that exempting Charedim from the IDF is unconstitutional, the amendment is just a postponement of the fundamental problem.
Netanyahu and Ya'alon will no longer have the moral authority to enlist the nation's army Ofer Shelach
The government and the military's hope is that over the next few years, the number of Charedi men willing to join up and improve their future employment prospects will fill the quota originally envisaged in the law and prevent a breakdown in the efforts to integrate the strictly Orthodox community into wider society and the workforce.
Most criticism of the proposed change in the national service law is being drawn from Yesh Atid, the party led by former finance minister Yair Lapid. Now in opposition, Yesh Atid was the main sponsor of the original law in the last Knesset.
Party chairman Ofer Shelach attacked the amendment, saying: "If it passes, Netanyahu and Ya'alon will not have the moral authority to enlist people to the nation's army and send them to defend the homeland."
