Israeli writer: What is the real reason why the Haredim do not want to conscript their children?. Nehemia Strassler: The real reason is to protect the lives of their children.
He said that secular Israelis must realize that the ultra-Orthodox do not respect them and teach their children to despise them. They do not recognize the state, and are anti-Zionist, he added. The writer called for the response to be no less severe and compulsory conscription for all Haredi, at the age of 18.