Is the IDF afraid of the publications about the planned methods to encourage conscription among yeshiva students, before the Councils of Torah Scholars have decided whether to allow yeshiva students to report to the conscription offices? Is someone trying to hide the real plans from the public?
Our reporter Shari Roth revealed yesterday, for the first time, the IDF's plans to convince yeshiva students who report to the recruitment offices to enlist in the army.
The article was based on an article published on the official IDF website.
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Apparently, someone in the IDF was stressed by the prominent publication of the plans, which contradict Brigadier General Gadi Agmon's statements in Haredi media outlets - and a little over an hour after the article was published on the website Haredim10, The article was removed from the IDF website - and deleted. A search for it yields no results.
We contacted the IDF spokesperson for a response, but it was not received by the time the article was published.
According to the article, starting next month, "designated interviewers will be stationed at the recruitment offices to speak with the candidates for military service (candidates for security service) who belong to the Haredi sector. Two IDF civilian employees, graduates of behavioral sciences and with personal ties to the Haredi sector, will be stationed at the Tel Hashomer recruitment office and the Jerusalem recruitment office, where they will speak with the young men in a language adapted to their world, as part of the interview conducted for men on the first order. 'This interview is intended to check the expected adaptation to military service,' said Lt. Col. Sharon Fisher, head of screening systems development at the Military Intelligence Service (Behavioral Sciences Department).
Meanwhile, the chairman of the yeshivot committee, Rabbi Chaim Aharon Kaufman, visited the Haredi screening center in Tel Hashomer yesterday, in preparation for the decision of the Council of Torah Scholars regarding cooperation with the military authorities.
