Movement for Quality Government Petitions Against Extension of Service: 'Severely Harms Trust of Those Serving'

The Movement for Quality Government petitioned the High Court of Justice against Amendment No. 29 to the Security Service Law, which extends mandatory service from 30 to 32 months. The petition claims harm to fundamental rights and trust of those serving, highlighting discrimination against the non-enforcement of ultra-Orthodox conscription.

The Movement for Quality Government filed a petition today (Sunday) to the High Court of Justice against Amendment No. 29 to the Security Service Law, approved by the Knesset on July 17, 2026, which extends mandatory service from 30 to 32 months. The petition seeks a conditional order to cancel the amendment and an interim order to freeze it. The amendment applies to recruits from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029, including soldiers already serving. The movement claims severe harm to the reliance and trust of those serving in the authorities, and harm to constitutional rights such as equality, liberty, and autonomy. The petition places the amendment in the context of the law freezing arrests of deserters, which grants immunity to ultra-Orthodox who do not report, and the High Court has already frozen it. It is argued that the two laws create a situation where the state removes enforcement from one public and burdens another. The movement emphasizes that extending service while inequality in conscription continues constitutes a real constitutional flaw, as determined by the legal advisor. The petition relies on IDF data: 964 soldiers fell, 6,424 were wounded, and about 300,000 reservists bear the burden. About 12,000 soldiers are missing in each recruitment cycle. Attorney Stav Levana Lahav from the movement said: 'No blood is of different value than other blood, and no obligation applies to one public and skips another.'

Movement for Quality Government Petitions Against Extension of Service: 'Severely Harms Trust of Those Serving'