Shas leader rejects responsibility for haredi military recruitment

Shas party chairman Arye Dery claimed the army does not want haredi soldiers and suggested the military handle recruitment itself. Dery dismissed the Hashmonaim Battalion, designed to allow ultra-Orthodox soldiers to maintain their lifestyle, and criticised parents choosing haredi state education. Opposition politician Naftali Bennett said Dery should not serve in any future government.

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