Audacity and good cheers have been heard from the Likud benches and members of the right-wing parties lately, as the time for the party primaries approaches - or the fear of the blocking percentage. This is the moment when slogans are pulled out, repeatedly emphasizing the importance of a conscription law that will enlist the majority of the Haredim, because the army needs them.
In the last three years, the traditional-religious side has behaved as if it had swallowed its tongue - and enjoyed the benefits of power. As if over the years the IDF had no need for Haredi soldiers, and miraculously, in the run-up to the elections, the need for soldiers grew exponentially.
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The State of Israel has won its wars throughout its years, when the population was smaller, and the number of arenas was larger - including Egypt and Jordan; whereas now, the state needs more soldiers, with a population of over 10 million, its borders have not changed, and the arenas of combat have shrunk.
For all their goodness, they forgot who made them ministers; who made them chairmen of important committees; who made them even part of the coalition that gives them the ability to pass laws; and what majority they even have in Israeli politics, when they approved the particularly broad Norwegian law.
To refresh their memory, the Haredim need to throw the Likud and the right-wingers into the opposition for a few good years. Then, perhaps, they will understand that the Haredim also have needs, and the Haredim also have a public that wants and is interested in receiving the share it deserves as befits 11% from the public in Israel. Then they will also understand that it is necessary to provide for a conscription law for the Haredim, because without the Haredim, they are in reality a minority in the country: 46 seats in total for the right and 46 seats for the left, according to the results of the last elections.
