The unusual statement of Interior Minister Moshe Arbel: In an interview on the podcast of the Fourth Quarter movement, Minister Arbel called on the ultra-Orthodox sector to change its approach to recruiting for the IDF. He also said that in his opinion there are at least 1,500 ultra-Orthodox who can enlist every year, and that after October 7 “the ultra-Orthodox need to take stock.”
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“The recruitment issue requires a real soul-searching of the ultra-Orthodox public,” Arbel said in an interview. “This reality after October 7 is a reality that the ultra-Orthodox public needs to understand and realize that there is no moral possibility to continue like this.”
Glory of mutual guarantee
“There are 1,500 recruits a year, they must be part of the burden bearers. In addition to them there are quite a few institutions that are defined as dropout youth. All these institutions – there is no justification in the world that those whose teachings are not their art by definition, will not be part of the army.”
“First of all, the army protects us and allows us all the good that exists.” Netzah Yehuda Battalion, Photo: IPA
Regarding the kibbutz movement since October 7th, Arbel noted: “The kibbutz movement I protested against when the gates of Hassi were opened, I suddenly discovered a kibbutz movement in the glory of mutual guarantee. Even if I told myself I would not believe what I was seeing.”
The minister also said that during the screening of the horror film in the Knesset, Mansour Abbas, chairman of the Raam party, sat next to him, who “wept like a child.”
Text of receiving the beret of the ultra-Orthodox regiment, photo: Netzah Yehuda spokespersons
In a letter that Arbel sent to the CEO of the Netzach Yehuda association, Yossi Levy, about two months ago he promised to help integrate Haredim into combat service in the IDF. Arbel wrote: “I was very happy to hear from your honor in our conversation about a significant increase in interest in recruiting for combat service among young people from the ultra-orthodox sector.”
Minister Arbel noted that “their main task at this time is to integrate ultra-Orthodox in a long and significant combat service due to the great national need that arose following the war.” The minister called the association’s work “sacred work that sanctifies the name of heaven.”
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