According to a report by Yehuda Schlesinger in Israel Hayom, an IDF representative claimed that the Chief of Staff believes that next time 5,000 draft orders should be issued to Haredim, and this time without distinguishing between working Haredim and Haredim in yeshiva.
The fear is that, unlike the first round - when a distinction was made between Haredim who are in yeshiva and those who have left yeshiva for work - by sending 5,000 orders without distinction, the move will be interpreted as "breaking tools" in front of the Haredi public, which will lead to a harsh reaction in the Haredi street and increased activity against the draft - and not just from the extremists.
The legal advisor to the government said in the hearing that no fewer than 3,000 additional orders could be sent.
Defense Minister Yoav Galant's representative said in the discussion that the minister's position is to continue investigating and understanding what didn't work in the first distribution of orders and to exhaust the attempt to understand how this can be corrected in subsequent rounds.
The worrying figure for the IDF is that only between 300 and 400 ultra-Orthodox soldiers enlisted in the August draft. Assuming that there are three draft dates per year, the IDF is expected to reach a draft of about 1,200 ultra-Orthodox soldiers per year at best - compared to the ambitious goal of 4,800 ultra-Orthodox soldiers set by the Minister of Defense and the army for the coming year, a goal currently being discussed in the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee.
The meaning: The IDF will have great difficulty reaching the annual target it set for itself in recruiting ultra-Orthodox soldiers.
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