In an audio recording released by the Kan public broadcaster, the former Sephardic chief rabbi can be heard suggesting that all chareidi men should be excused from compulsory military service, including those not actively studying in a yeshiva.

“All bnei Torah are exempt from going to the army, even if they’re deadbeats and don’t study,” Rav Yitzchok Yosef states.

“There are female soldiers, officers and profanity [in the army]. There are terrible things there — don’t go there, period.”

{Matzav.com Israel}