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“The assessment appears to refer only to Israel’s Jewish citizens,” Drop Site News added.

CIA experts cited in the report point to “a volatile mix of pressures” including the Israeli economic crisis, heightened military spending, and the Haredi crisis, which has seen Ultra-Orthodox Jews continue efforts to evade military service.

This has compounded a serious manpower crisis within the Israeli military.

Pressures include “heavily armed veterans returning from prolonged combat, many carrying serious psychological trauma,” as well as increased settler violence and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “fighting to hold onto power and igniting a constitutional crisis.”

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  • [–] 20 points 2 weeks ago

    Haredi crisis, which has seen Ultra-Orthodox Jews continue efforts to evade military service.

    i-cant The "Jewish homeland" is a little too Jewish I guess

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    [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago*

    I've wondered for a while what percentage of the population are becoming (or faking) being Haredi in order to avoid military service

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  • [–] 8 points 2 weeks ago

    many carrying serious psychological trauma

    good

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