Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to facilitate the entry of Christian Arabs into the IDF.
Mr Netanyahu is to set up a forum to promote the army and civil service among the Christian community.
The forum will look at applying the universal draft law to Christians – the same law regulating the national service of Charedi yeshivah students, which was passed by the Israeli government last month.
In a meeting with a Christian delegation on Monday, Mr Netanyahu said: “The members of the Christian community should be enabled to serve in the IDF.”
