Defense Minister Yoav Galant in a statement on the conscription law/Ministry of Defense Spokesperson Photography: Elad Malka
Prime Minister Netanyahu responded today (Thursday) to the Supreme Court, stating that there is "considerable progress on the issue of recruitment", and asked for a 30-day extension to form the agreements. Netanyahu stated in his letter that following the war, the government failed to invest enough time and attention in the recruitment plan. "Another short period of time is needed to finalize the arrangement," he said.
Prime Minister Netanyahu responded today to the High Court regarding the conscription law. This, after Legal Adviser to the Government Gali Beharev Miara requested an additional extension for the submission of the state's answer, pending the Prime Minister's reference.
"The issue of equal burden is an extremely important issue for Israeli society and its future," Netanyahu said at the beginning of his letter, "The government's intention to resolve this complex issue, which has not been resolved for decades, is expressed in the fact that the government committed in June of last year to settle the issue within nine months," Netanyahu wrote and added : "But the time we actually had at our disposal was only three months."
Netanyahu said that the Hamas attack on October 7 forced the government to mobilize resources, time and attention for the conduct of the war. "Nevertheless, we made a huge effort, even during the war, to resolve this important issue," Netanyahu said. He also added in the letter and stated that the government's guiding principle is to try to reach an agreement that is based on agreement, and stated that "it has already been proven in the past that recruitment without an agreed upon agreement actually achieved the opposite result."
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"In recent weeks, we have made an intense effort to formulate the necessary arrangement, and considerable progress has indeed been achieved, although the work is not yet complete," Netanyahu wrote in his letter to the High Court, "another short period of time is needed to finalize the arrangement that will allow the conscripts to maintain their lifestyle during their service , and to ensure that those whose 'Torah is their art' will be able to study Torah."
Netanyahu concluded his letter and asked the court not to make a decision on the question of conscription and the questions associated with it for 30 days. This, according to him, in order "to allow us to finalize the agreements, to complete the work of the headquarters the professional, and to arrange the required routes and frameworks".
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