The Lithuanian ultra-Orthodox leadership supports the young men avoiding drafting - they received warning calls today (Wednesday) in which they were told that if they do not come to the bureaus within 48 hours, they may receive an arrest warrant, reports Sheila Fried on Ynet. According to the report, the IDF is for the first time using the option of sanctions and criminal proceedings against those who do not will respond to the order.
One of the ultra-Orthodox who received a warning call is an ultra-Orthodox worker, who was exempted as someone who "learned his Torah as his art" following his studies in yeshiva a few hours a week, told Ynet: "I got a call from the ultra-Orthodox directorate, they told me there were two orders that I didn't show up for. I told them that like theirs there are A commander who tells them what to do - my commander is the rabbi and he told me not to enlist, they told me that I had to report within 48 hours or an arrest warrant would be issued against me."
Another young man named Yair told Fried: "I got a call from the ultra-Orthodox directorate in the army, they told me I had 48 hours to come forward and if I didn't they would open proceedings against me." According to him, "The ultra-Orthodox members of the Knesset do not help us, nor do they give us an answer in the yeshiva committee." In the Haron months, the IDF issued more than 1,000 first orders to ultra-Orthodox youth as part of the effort to expand the conscription ranks. However, only about 70 of the orders reached the conscription bureaus. The leaders of the Lithuanian current strengthen the Yeshiva youths in their refusal to conscription and announced that "they will come to strengthen them in prison" and added "We are with you, heroes of valour."
Last month, 900 young ultra-Orthodox received draft orders, of which only 48 showed up at the conscription bureaus, about 5% of those to whom orders were sent.
According to a statement from the IDF spokesperson, the recruiting bureau has made adjustments that allow selection processes to be carried out in a manner adapted to the ultra-Orthodox lifestyle, including the expansion of the sorting staff and the gender-specific medical staff. In addition, for the first time the IDF has held DPR tests and interviews adapted to the ultra-Orthodox society.
