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March 13, 2018

Carrots, Not Sticks, Are the Way to Bring Conscription to Israel’s Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox

Israel doesn’t need more soldiers; it needs more integration.

Israel’s governing coalition narrowly avoided collapse this past weekend over the objections of ḥaredi members to legislation that would increase the number of ultra-Orthodox Jews serving in the IDF. Yet the underlying problem is more widespread than that. Currently, notes Yoaz Hendel, only 50 percent of young Israelis enter the military:

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March 13, 2018

  1. Carrots, Not Sticks, Are the Way to Bring Conscription to Israel’s Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox

    Israel doesn’t need more soldiers; it needs more integration.

  2. Why the U.S., or Any Third Party, Will Fail at Solving the Israel–Palestinian Conflict

    Defeat in war, not outside mediation, is usually what prompts negotiation.

  3. What Made Britain Break Its 70-Year Ban on Royal Visits to Israel?

    Perhaps it was shamed by the Arab states.

  4. The Left Can’t Shake Its Farrakhan Problem

    Neither can the Congressional Black Caucus.

  5. How Some 1,500 Works of Looted Art Were Hidden in a German Apartment for Over a Half-Century

    Having a Jewish grandmother didn’t stop Hildebrand Gurlitt from becoming the Nazis’ favorite art dealer.