Lapid attacks the "conscription law" and accuses Netanyahu's government of lying and evading responsibility. Chief Rabbi of the Sephardic Jews (Eastern Jews) in Israel, Yitzhak Yosef, had warned that if the religious were forced into military service, they would all travel abroad.
War Council Minister Benny Gantz said that everyone should participate in military service in this “difficult time” - including the Haredim. For his part, the head of the "Israel Our Home" party, Avigdor Lieberman, accused Rabbi Yitzak of endangering Israel's security.