Gadi Eisenkot's Yashar party is drawing up a plan aimed at bringing the chareidi parties into a coalition by resolving the dispute over the draft law, Kan 11 News reported Sunday night.
According to the report by Kan's Daniel Grubis, the emerging framework rests on a trade-off. Yashar would ease the sanctions on chareidim who do not enlist and soften the draft law. In return, the government would launch a program to increase the number of chareidi recruits to the IDF.
The party has been consulting chareidi entrepreneurs and business leaders to design service tracks suited to the community. Ideas under consideration include expanding chareidi units in the IDF, broadening the chareidi hesder yeshivos that combine Torah learning with military service, and appointing a government coordinator to lead the push for higher enlistment.
The aim is a framework the chareidi parties can accept, which Eisenkot can also present to the wider public as a practical plan to bring more chareidim into the army.
The plan is still being worked out, and no agreements between the sides have been reported.
