Dr. Rotem Sivan, founder of the Ema Era (Alert Mother) movement, responded Friday evening to the reported plan to extend IDF mandatory service by two months, calling it a reckless solution that repeatedly burdens the same small group who serve. According to N12's Nir Dvori, she said 'our children are not an infinite resource.'
Dr. Rotem Sivan, founder of the Ema Era (Alert Mother) movement, responded Friday evening to reports of a plan to extend IDF mandatory service by two months. In remarks carried by N12's Nir Dvori, Sivan called the proposal a reckless shortcut that repeatedly tears the same core of serving soldiers, saying 'our children are not an infinite resource.'
As The Zioneer reported at 21:15, Sivan argued that instead of solving the manpower crisis from its root, decision-makers repeatedly choose the easiest and most reckless solution — extending service again and again for the same small cohort. The comment follows Thursday's report that the IDF Personnel Directorate chief, Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, had called for extending mandatory service back to 36 months, which Sivan and her movement have previously condemned. The movement has also protested outside the chief of staff's home over broader security policy in Lebanon.
The reported plan and Sivan's response are part of an ongoing public debate over IDF manpower shortfalls and the unequal burden on active-duty soldiers and their families.
2 developments
- DevelopingIDF Personnel Chief calls for extending mandatory service to 36 months
- DevelopingDozens of IDF soldier mothers protest outside chief of staff’s home over Lebanon policy
- DevelopingIDF Personnel Chief warns of cycle gap, loss of thousands of fighters without service extension
- DevelopingIDF may cut pre-draft service year and extend yeshiva students' service amid fighter shortage
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