The Coin Under the Lamppost
The heated and justified debate with the Haredim causes us to neglect the existing reserve soldiers. The spotlight is exclusively directed at the manpower shortage resulting from Haredi draft evasion, and under the cover of…
Assessment
The piece argues that the fierce public focus on Haredi draft avoidance is allowing the military system to avoid scrutiny over how it manages its existing pool of reservists. The loud debate over one group's exemption may be crowding out a necessary examination of whether the system is doing everything it can with those already serving. The author suggests that as long as all attention stays on the Haredi question, deeper structural inefficiencies inside the military can remain unchecked.