Why some ultra-Orthodox Jews are enlisting in the IDF

So every Israeli over 18 is a military soilder not a civilian

A man that loves his family will fight for his country when he knows his family is in danger. Nobody wants to go to war but family has to be protected at all cost.

The guy carrying all those books. You sir would be strong on the battlefield!

Netanyahu son is hiding in California 🤷‍♂️😂

If someone is anti-Semitism, this someone is against the Palestinians too, since the Palestinians are also of Semitic ethnicity and language. If we were to analyze the Palestinians, they are much more Semitic than the Israelis who are mixed and white throughout almost 2 thousand years of diaspora. The Jews of today are not the same as those who left the Middle East in 70 AD. C. expelled by the Romans.

No Halloween this year... The Horror IS RËAL ! 🇵🇸

I'm sure the rest of the Israeli population will appreciate the ultra Orthodox finally helping to defend the country. Not doing so for so many years has created great animosity between the factions.

Geez! Wasn't Samson an Ultra-Orthodox Jew who didn't cut his hair either?? ? Samson took his enemies with him too!!

This is a beautiful sign of unity ❤🙏🏾

He doesn't "read the Torah" for an hour a day he "studies the Torah"

This video is a master class in how many inaccuracies it is possible to fit inside 4 minutes. 0:15 A few thousand enlisted, hardly a dramatic shift 0:35 (and several times throughout the video) Hasidim is a term that refers to only about half of all Ultra-Orthodox Jews. The other half are known as "Litvaks"(Lithuanian). Haredim is a more accurate, all-encompassing term. 0:44 (and throughout the video) This is a neighborhood known as Ramat Bet Shemesh A. It contains a mix of many different streams of orthodox jews, some who do and always have served in the IDF. It is hardly a bastion of Haredi society. The flags shown at 3:00 are quite a common sight around here. 0:55 They are already exempt. The law merely attempted to change the exemption age. Making a mountain out of a molehill as typical of CNN. This war has perhaps caused a minor change in Haredi society but certainly not as appears in the video.

He needs to lose a bit if weight it he’s going to survive! 😂

Occupation don't have the right to defend itself it's only right of the owner of the land.

I thought military service was mandatory

Precious family. HaShem keep you safe and sound. Thank you for protecting our people. The military needs people who daven and live a kosher kind of life. This will make our military much, much stronger. G-d bless and keep your family.

So what does "mandatory service" mean if all of these people are refusing?

Sights I never thought I would get to see. Since that cursed day, thousands of the Orthodox public have asked to join the army. What no politician has done since the establishment of the State of Israel, Hamas did in one damn day. A little light in the dark. May God keep them safe and sound. United we stand. Never again that we promised after the holocaust, is today.

Shield 🛡 of Protection to the soldiers and all of the innocent !

Yeah your metaphysical defense really works

Such a brave man. Praying that he and all IDF soldiers stay safe. I also think this is a beautiful sign of unity. All of us Jews, regardless of sect, need to stand together.