Sometimes people forget that the Charedim ARE soldiers. They may not be fighting a physical battle like the IDF soldiers. Instead they are fighting a spiritual battle. Being religiously observant, keeping the Mitzvot- many of the mizvot that some of the IDF soldiers never keep. There are a lot of secular Jews who revile the Charedim for not serving like they had to. But these secular Jews are driving in Shabbat, interdating, having a terrible immodest and decadent life while the Charedim are bringing many more children into Israel that the secular Jews are not. So the secular Jews can have no children, one or two kids. While the Arabs are popping out kids everywhere. But the Charedim are bringing many children into this world, much needed religious Jewish children to combat the high Arab birth rate and the poor secular birth rate.
Obviously many religious Jews serve in the IDF so I am not talking about them, I am talking about the secular majority that ridicules well behaved young men who spend all day studying in the Yeshivah. Something that is so important and URGENT because it is those religious Jews, in their merit of Torah study that are keeping the good things that Israel gets. While the secular Jews are bringing terrible things against Israel. People do not see it however.
Every time Israel gets into extreme immoral decadence or takes an anti-Torah stance, something terrible happens. A flotilla comes in to provoke the IDF and we become public enemies #1. Massive marches from arab countries to all push down the barriers and enter Israel. UN destruction, world demands, Iranian threats. Verbal attacks, libel. It's not the nations that are doing it, no! It's Hashem speaking to us through the nations. He is telling the Israelis: "WAKE UP! You rebuild Israel and take away My Torah that I gave you and turn it into a secular state"? It is written that Jews should live in the land BUT to do so must uphold the Torah in order to live in Israel. But many of Israelis do NOT do that. That angers Hashem but the religious Haredim DO keep it and their keeping the Torah benefits the entire country!
The Shabbat breaking of the secular population (yes many of the soldiers and former soldiers) bring down rockets into Israel...but the Torah study of the religious Jews makes those rockets fall on nothing and block them for killing anyone. That is why where there are attacks against Israel, Israel and the IDF suffer very few casualties (B'H) compared to the cursed fakestinians who end up with many more dead. And this is because of the merit of the Charedim. Is that not obvious?
So no, I don't agree with forcing those who are so obviously Chassidic to serve. Let that be an option to some or make them do National Service when they are not in the Yeshivah so they can give back to the community. But to me, their studies in the Yeshivah is extremely important! AS for Charedi girls, no they should not join the IDF- where they would have to wear pants as part of the uniform. So let them do National Service as well.
I would also like to ask.... please do not answer but how many people here (or in Israel) who are demanding that the Charedim serve in the IDF are Shomer Mitzvot? I don't want to know the answer but I am just stating the point....
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