Scandal: IDF lowered the draft age in Shachar

This week, on Monday, the eve of Shavuot, at a session of the Main Personnel Directorate (Manpower Division) army, with the changing age Shahar Haredi recruitment. According to the new decision, haredi boys who want to enlist in the Shahar tracks may do so however the age of 18, and not as it was today.

Until now, the Shahar project received only married yeshiva students, and age 22 years and over - boys that tendencies validity and came after the Torah study of several years.

Why recruit units integrating haredim from the age of 18? Respondents who we spoke with say that the decision stems from a desire to increase the amount of recruits from among the Haredi public.

Note that the Orthodox who express their desire to enlist in the 97th Infantry Regiment, orthodox stream - Nezach Yehudah, doing so at age 18, but the battalion rabbis supervision and guidance, which does not exist alone.

A senior official in one of the Air Force bases around the country, noting that the last draft; there was a decrease of about 70% of Haredi recruits.

Eliyahu Lax, Chairman of the FIDF Torah says a conversation with Behadrey Haredim that "the repeated statements of the chief of staff recruitment will be no change Haredi way of life - lose its validity following the order".

"This means that an Orthodox boy indeed be tempted to offer and enlist in the army, spinach spiritual level and will be subject to great peril, because at this age the boy was not on the mind and spirit came and turns on his face."

Chairman blames, saying that the Knesset members and public functionaries disclaim youths enlisted because they were dealing in Yavneh and its sages. "In other words, these officials do not care about the spiritual destruction of the flock and they lose them know. They take any guarantee and reciprocity who cannot determine the full-time Torah.

"I appeal to all public officials and members of the ultra-Orthodox Knesset: Woe to you from the law! Woe to you from reproach! Can you wash cleaning of your mouth and say, our hands have not shed this blood?"

IDF Spokesperson's Office confirmed to Behadrey Haredim the change, noting that "in order to standardize the date of entry of civil and military service, and according to the law defines the beginning of recruitment Civil Service at the age of 21 was carried out changing recruitment age Haredi integration path (Shahar) IDF. According to change was determined that rear profile (64 and under) could mobilize at the Shahar tracks also directly if they choose to voluntarily join the army from the age of 18. "

'בחדרי' גם ברשתות החברתיות - הצטרפו!