Israel's Citizen Army
Both minority communities are being betrayed by their own "leadership" ...or so it seems to me. But that's not what's causing an uproar in the country."Fairness to those who carry the burden" is what drives the growing movement for a national draft for all Israeli citizens, including Israeli Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox Jews(Haredim).Ynet reports:"A political crisis is looming over the Coalition, again: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday that he has ordered the formation of two teams to devised alternatives to Tal Law.Earlier this week Netanyahu dissolved the Plesner Committee, originally tasked with devising alternatives to the universal draft bill. The move was slammed as one meant to both placate the religious parties and avert the Arab public's wrath; and ended up rattling the Coalition even further." -more
Labels: Arabs, Coalition, Haredim, IDF, Israel, Knesset, Netanyahu, Politics
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The answer, as I see it, is that those who are physically and mentally able, and don't do either military or some other national service, won't be entitled to any form of national insurance. I know a young woman who was not accepted to the army, but right away went and did national service. She got very good experience and was able to enter the workforce with ease !
This is one of the most insightful Dry Bones yet.
Not being an Israeli, I feel that anything I say would be meaningless. However, as a woman in the 1950s I was not draftable, nor did I have an obligation to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States.
But had not my grandparents emigrated to this country when they did, I might have wound up in the middle of the Shoah. So in GRATITUDE for what this country did for my grandparents, parents and me, I joined the Air National Guard on the first day I was eligible to sign up.
I served for four years and went into the inactive reserves for a few months until the Cuban Missile crisis. I got a phone call ordering me into the Air Force immediately; I had 48 hours to report for duty.
Because of my civilian job which required Atomic Energy Commission clearance, I was put in charge of a radiation detection unit; very few people realize how close we came to a nuclear holocaust back then.
I received an Honorable Discharge from the Air Force and am proud of my service.
It is difficult for me to understand why certain factions within Israel feel that they have no obligation to their own country especially when they are physically fit.
I wonder what Torah would say about their refusal to help their country. That is in this week's parasha.
I've been a fan of yours for the last 30 years or so. But I was horrified at your cartoon that appeared in the Jerusalem Post 13 July.
If I could draw, I would have drawn German Jews going into jail for conducting a "brit mila." In the adjoining panel, I would have drawn Haredi Jews going to jail for studying Torah.
This, of course, is exaggerated nonsense. But responsible members of the media in this country had better stop beating the war-drums and find ways for all the different segments of this unruly population to co-exist. It's almost too late.
dear thelma,
think of chanukah.
imagine what would have happened if believing Jews refused to fight because they all "had to study".
It's time that Haredim become real Israeli citizens. Or maybe they should all move to Crown Heights Brooklyn?
Jews being sent to jail "for studying Torah"???
worse than nonsense, it's lashon haRa!!
bones
So what did the Macabees do? What did Moses do? What did Solomon do? Are some too heavenly minded to be any earthly good?
Thank you Bones.
What a strange paradox Dry Bones has noticed.
The ultra orthodox and Arabs are always crying that they're treated as 2nd-class citizens, but when Israel makes an effort to include them in on what the rest of Jewish Israelis must go through, they reject it.
What can you say? Some people just love to kvetch and tell tales of woes is me.
There are those who are comfortable in their "unhappiness," especially when it brings welfare and protection from a country whose existence you hold in contempt.
Am Yisrael Chai
I think you are correct in putting the blame on the "leadership". What I hear on the street is that many of the young would very much like to be included.
Thanks again for a great toon
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