Bismut in Knesset Committee: "Arresting Haredim distances youth from the IDF"
The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussed freezing proceedings against yeshiva students who did not report for enlistment. Bismut argued that the arrests distance Haredim from the IDF: "A tourniquet."
Assessment
The head of the Knesset committee claims that arresting Haredi yeshiva students for draft evasion pushes young Haredim further away from military service. The debate centers on whether enforcement measures are counterproductive to integration efforts. The outcome may shape whether the government pauses legal proceedings or intensifies them.