Defense Minister: Do not force recruitment on haredi youngsters

"Do not force the army draft on Haredi youth," declares this evening (Tuesday) , Defense Minister Moshe ( Bogie) Ya'alon , at an event marking 15 years of Nahal Haredi battalion.

Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon , attended the evening event marking 15 years of Nahal Haredi - "Nezach Yehuda" , and declared that no act in ways of coercion and incitement will help raise young Haredim in the IDF.

The minister was involved in establishing the battalion reconstructed those days "as placed the Nahal Haredi soldiers, as we called it then, in the Gaza Valley Central Command."

"In the first year," recalls,"89 enlisted, the first pioneers of the orthodox regiment, and in the past year have been mobilized more than eight hundred young people. Nezach Yehuda is considered the most important track where young haredim recruit and become military fighters."

The Minister also praised the activities of the regiment and said: "The battalion succeeded beyond all expectations and achievements we have seen in the last year and in previous years : military action determined in the various sectors , especially the fight against terrorism in the Gaza West Bank demonstrated the high level of the battalion . Battalion operates under the belief way and justice, tenacity and professionalism that stems from this belief and many do not know that the prevention of terrorism in Jenin and Tulkarm are done by orthodox stream battalion ".

"But beyond that," stressed the minister, " you build a road , which proved possible to combine military service – with security and maintaining an atmosphere of Torah , to combine the power and spirit, between Safra book and the sword , in a society which often do not know to cherish it and sometimes do not understand the needs of each segment . "

" I stand in the way that it is important to enable young haredi people to serve ," he concluded , " do not run them through incitement and de - legitimize , or coercion . Allow but not with force. The right way has proved itself, which is the right way to bring integration which is growing in so it is also important for the Haredi sector, even Israeli society, and the state of Israel and the people of Israel. "

Defense Minister praised the activities of the Association and the Nahal Haredi rabbis, who established together with the IDF Nahal Haredi and accompanied the soldiers from entering the IDF until the end of service. Association and rabbis were among the organizers of the event and were present.

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!