Bar Kalifa wrote that the extension of mandatory service approved by the Knesset plenum on Thursday “does not eliminate the need to expand the pool of draftees.”
As the war between the United States and Iran seems to be closer and closer to a total resumption of hostilities, Israel raises the question of the strength of its army. Extending the duration of military service will not be enough to fill the shortage of soldiers. It is the alarm cry made by the head of the Israeli army, after a vote by the Knesset on this subject, increasing the duration of conscription from 30 to 32 months. Insufficient, acco…