Heads of Hesder yeshivas from across Israel held an emergency conference in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, where they formulated a series of decisions including a demand for the IDF to halt what they describe as a deterioration driven by external organizations and backed by the High Court. The rabbis also established a 24/7 rabbinic hotline for recruits, soldiers, and reservists, and are examining a demand for a service model styled after the Hashmonaim Brigade for additional frameworks, according to a report by Channel 14.
Heads of Hesder yeshivas from across Israel convened an emergency conference at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, where they formulated a series of decisions and demands regarding military service conditions for religious soldiers, according to a report by Channel 14's Yehuda Ahroni.
The conference, which brought together yeshiva heads, rabbis, and advisors from the religious-Zionist sector, issued a call for the IDF to halt what they described as a deterioration driven by external organizations and backed by the High Court of Justice. The rabbis warned the trend harms unit cohesion and the dignity of female soldiers, and could lead to the exclusion of religious, Haredi, and traditional soldiers from various service frameworks.
Among the decisions: establishing a 24/7 rabbinic hotline for recruits, soldiers, and reservists; formulating binding red lines and service conditions for all IDF corps (not only the Armored Corps); and examining a demand to apply a service model styled after the Hashmonaim Brigade — a special Haredi unit — to additional frameworks. The conference follows a similar emergency gathering reported by The Zioneer earlier on Sunday evening, where the same demand for Hashmonaim-style conditions was first raised. The broader campaign has been ongoing for weeks, with the Union of Hesder Yeshivas reporting continuous dialogue with the IDF over halakha-compliant enlistment conditions.
The decisions come amid an ongoing dispute over the integration of female combat soldiers into the Armored Corps, which has driven an escalating campaign by religious-Zionist leadership. The IDF has warned of a personnel crisis and established dozens of new battalions, requiring an urgent troop surge across all sectors.
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