How much will it cost Israel to draft ultra-Orthodox Jews into the army?
Naftali Bennett, Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival in the run-up to this year's election, wants to shower IDF conscripts and reservists with benefits in the hope that the Haredim will be tempted to join, too. It won't work
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Naftali Bennett, Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival in the run-up to this year's election, wants to shower IDF conscripts and reservists with benefits in the hope that the Haredim will be tempted to join, too. It won't work
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10:23 PM • January 10 2026 IST
It has been nearly three months since Israel's two years of war came to an end with the cease-fire in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no doubt hoping against hope that as time passes, Israelis will choose to remember that era selectively, recalling the military successes against Iran and Hezbollah and forgetting the failures that led to the war.
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