Deputy Knesset Speaker: 'Everyone Must Serve, It's Not About Haredim'

Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Evgeny Sova (Yisrael Beiteinu) explains why he and his colleagues are fighting for the enactment of a broad conscription law that will also include the haredi public.  

“The current law is a draft evasion law,” Sova asserted firmly. “It is a law that dishonors the Knesset, the government, and especially the soldiers who have returned from the front.”  

He dismissed claims that it is a move intended to harm haredim: “It has nothing to do with the haredim. It is a law irrelevant to the reality after October 7.”

He also described the sights he witnessed in the evacuated northern settlements during a visit by the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee: “For almost eight years, shelters were hardly built in the north, despite a five billion shekel protection plan being presented in 2018 by Lieberman. Today we are paying the price for it.” 

Regarding the security situation in the area, he said: “On January 26, the ceasefire phase ends, and the IDF is supposed to leave southern Lebanon according to the agreement. The question is how to prevent a situation where Hezbollah does not withdraw, and we find ourselves facing complications.” (INN/VFI News)  

“Dear Lord, we pray that the able-bodied people who are called to serve our country will do so. We pray in Yeshua’s name that those who are able but not willing to serve in the army will come to the understanding that their service is needed and will not take advantage of the law to benefit themselves on the account of others. We pray that Your Will be done in all circumstances. We praise You, we thank You and we glorify Your name through all our actions.”