Around 1,000 young chareidi men in Israel have been summoned to report to recruitment centers in the upcoming days.
The IDF anticipates that only 10-15% of those summoned will actually show up. In response, they have stated that if turnout is low, additional orders will be issued.
Posters have been put up in chareidi communities, urging the public to brace themselves for “massive demonstrations against the draft.”
The posters declared: “Since the founding of the state, there has not been such a devastating blow against the young men of chareidi Judaism in the Holy Land! Never before have the swords of enlistment been aimed at 1,000 boys in a single day, and this is just the beginning.”
The posters also addressed claims that “the decree is only against those who work and so on,” by citing a letter from the Deputy Attorney General to the army, which “shatters the illusion.”
The posters quoted the leaders of the Eidah Hachareidis, calling on everyone to go to the enlistment centers to “prevent the terrible religious persecution of sending thousands of Jewish boys to the military melting pot.”
{Matzav.com Israel}