Don’t abandon reservists: Compromises must not allow for haredi draft issue to continue - editorial

The Jerusalem Post editorial argues that coalition compromises must not allow the ultra-Orthodox draft issue to continue. It criticizes Avigdor Liberman's reported willingness to compromise on haredi conscription to bring ultra-Orthodox parties into a Gadi Eisenkot government, warning that allowing them to veto meaningful conscription would perpetuate an unequal security burden. The piece proposes an emergency unity government without ultra-Orthodox or Arab parties as an alternative.

The Jerusalem Post editorial argues that coalition compromises must not allow the ultra-Orthodox draft issue to continue unresolved. It focuses on Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman's reported willingness to compromise on haredi conscription to bring ultra-Orthodox parties into a Gadi Eisenkot government. The editorial notes that Liberman built his political career on opposing such exemptions, and that the change bloc made service for all a central principle. It warns that allowing haredi parties to veto meaningful conscription would extinguish hope of solving the issue, citing an IDF shortage of 12,000 soldiers. The piece proposes an emergency unity government comprising Likud, Yashar, B'Yachad, and Yisrael Beiteynu as an alternative that could address conscription without giving opponents a veto.