To all the hareidi hating leftists to all those who call themselves suckers but in fact the rest of us are their suckers, put on your big girl panties and suck it up. You hypocritically cry for fairness, on one token you crow about Arabs being citizens but out of the otherside of your mouths you do not want them to share the burden. Only Hareidim are parasites in your eyes. Well guess what what is equal for hareidim is equal for arabs! And of course the hypocrites at Ynet will not publish this

Does the IDF need all Arabs and all Haredim to enlist? In the past the Israei Arabs objected to alternative national service even if done with other Arabs only. Alternatives should include working in hospitals, nursing homes, nurseries/kindergartens IDF offices -- and full-time Torah studies. Israel exists as a Jewish state, and Judaism is founded upon Torah.

Even at the height of the Vietnam War all 'Divinity Students' in all recognised theology colleges were automatically given a '4D' draft exemption. Did you object to that as well? Regarding Israel, it was part of the status quo agreement at the founding of the State of Israel that yeshivah students would not be drafted, the same rule as in America, for its divinity students.

As Conservative and Reform watch their numbers affected by assimilation and intermarriage, Haredim worldwide have given Halachic Judaism a new life. Here in London as in NYC we have watched a renaissance of traditional Jewish life, with more and more Orthodox Jewish schools opening to cope with the healthy birthrate. Here in London as in NYC , and in Frankfurt of old, we have strictly Orthodox doctors, barristers, lawyers, judges, company directors, nurses, teachers for all subjects, professors etc. In Israel there are also Haredi colleges, a well kept secret, and many Haredim who want to be more educated for jobs. A compulsory draft will violate the status quo and turn the clock backwards to another kulturkampf.