According to Hebrew media reports, the emerging solution to the conscription crisis keeps mandatory military service at 32 months, rejecting both the IDF request to extend it to 36 months and proposals to shorten it to 30 months.
The emerging compromise in the IDF conscription crisis keeps mandatory service at 32 months, rejecting both a previously pushed IDF request to extend to 36 months and proposals to cut to 30, according to reports. This follows a government secretary's statement last Thursday that the 32-month term should be legislated as permanent, with the 36-month debate deferred until after elections. As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the government had decided not to shorten service and keep it at 32 months. The IDF Personnel Directorate had been advocating for a return to 36 months, citing a need for more fighters and reduced reserve burden. The new solution appears designed to stabilize the current service length without immediate changes to either end of the spectrum.
2 developments
- StrongGovernment secretary: fix 32-month service now, defer 36-month debate until after elections
- DevelopingIDF Personnel Chief calls for extending mandatory service to 36 months
- DevelopingIDF may cut pre-draft service year and extend yeshiva students' service amid fighter shortage
- DevelopingIDF warns of continued reserve burden unless service law is fixed
Source and signal
- Internal intake