The IDF will issue all 54,000 recruitment orders for ultra-Orthodox military intelligence officers tomorrow (Sunday) at once.
According to a report by Moti Castel on Channel 14, the reporting dates will be spread out throughout the recruitment year - until June 2026.
The political reporter noted that it appears that there are elements in the system who are interested in inflaming passions - just before the draft law that is being formulated is supposed to be presented to MK Yuli Edelstein in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
In the afternoon, a few hours after the orders are issued, a discussion is expected to take place between IDF representatives and the attorney general.
Meanwhile, if there are no further delays, the draft law currently being drafted will be placed on the table of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this week. According to a report in Israel Hayom, the delay in submitting the law stems from various "renovations" that Yuli Edelstein wants to introduce into the law - "renovations" that, according to his associates, are not critical to the Haredi public but are important to it.
For example, Edelstein approached IDF representatives with a request to increase the number of targets in the first year of the law's enactment, but without changing the overall situation. According to the agreements, in the first year, the ultra-Orthodox recruitment targets are 4,800 and in the second year, 5,700. Edelstein wants to increase the targets in the first year and decrease them from the second year.
From his perspective, the Haredim should not object to this, since in both cases, within two years, the recruitment goals are supposed to be 10,500 Haredim, only the distribution will change.
It is important to mention that according to the IDF, the army can absorb up to 4,800 recruits in the first year, so sending out 54,000 orders is just a 'finger in the eye' for the ultra-Orthodox.
Even before the orders were sent, a security source warned of a possible collapse of the enforcement mechanism. "There is no infrastructure that allows this to be enforced in practice," the source told i24NEWS.
The source noted that the IDF's detention facilities only have room for hundreds of detainees - compared to a potential need for tens of thousands.
The defense establishment is currently examining solutions, including the immediate construction of new detention facilities, subject to budgetary approval from the state.
In the meantime, the IDF is preparing an enforcement plan - but it is clear to everyone: without appropriate infrastructure, it will not really be implemented.
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