TEL AVIV — On Wednesday, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz
reported that a group of Israeli occupation soldiers in the
Givati Brigade
refused to take part in military operations in the Gaza Strip, accusing their
leadership of neglecting their psychological and physical well-being, Khaberni
reported.
اضافة اعلان
Opposition leader and Knesset member
Yair Lapid, along with
Israeli War Cabinet Member Benny Gantz, called on the government to oppose
Israel’s plan to extend mandatory and reserve military service while exempting
ultra-Orthodox from participation.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Lapid stated in a released
statement, "There cannot be those who are equal and those who are more
equal. The state must act as a state and create a clear relationship between
rights and obligations. Those who do not enlist in the army should not receive
funding."
This statement came after the government published its plan
last week to extend the service of the
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) due to
the increasing number of casualties in the war and the need to expand the IOF
to address the heightened security situation.
The basic principles of the plan include extending mandatory
service to three years, raising the age exemption for reserve duty from 40 to
45 years, raising the exemption age for reserve officers to 50 years, and
increasing the number of mandatory reserve service days per year. Notably, the
plan does not include drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the IOF.
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