Lapid Accuses Netanyahu’s Government of Encouraging Draft Evasion

Yair Lapid accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of deliberately encouraging draft evasion in a Hebrew social-media statement posted at 08:01 Israel time on Monday, October 19. Sharing a chart of draft-enforcement figures, he argued that evasion was the government’s chosen policy rather than a mistake or an administrative failure. Lapid said the situation would end in 8 days. He called for political change led by those who serve and urged supporters to act together to change the country.