According to the division’s assessment, if the population currently in the status of “his doctrine and his art” were to enlist in a similar way to the non-Orthodox Jewish population, it would be possible to shorten the duration of the mandatory service by about 7 months for everyone.
Alternatively, if this population were to be mobilized for mandatory service similar to the non-Orthodox Jewish population, it would be possible to reduce the amount of reserve days that are expected to be directed to operational employment in 2024 (and in the following years as long as the amount of days remains the same) by approximately 486%.
For example, a reservist who was expected to serve 36 days in operational employment, with the recruitment of this population was expected to serve only about 5 days. It will also be emphasized that meeting the security needs by conscript soldiers, while reducing the reserve service, is of particularly high economic significance, estimated at approximately NIS 1.7 billion per year, since this turnover is expected to reduce the cost of service to the economy by tens of thousands.
According to a budget department analysis, “the employment patterns of the ultra-orthodox men are expected to have significant macroeconomic consequences: in 2065, a damage to the GDP is expected to be approximately 13%, which reflects a corresponding decrease in the standard of living of all the citizens of the country. In addition, it will be necessary to raise direct taxes by 16 % in order to maintain the same level of services that the state provides without increasing the deficit.”
Senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, who do not usually express their opinion on every legislative initiative that is on the table – chose rather to express their position on the Security Service Law, this after not sharing them in the proceedings (as is customary) and saying: “They are expected to bring about far-reaching economic effects in the budgetary and economic aspects, and to increase It is evident in the security burden placed on the individual.”