Defense Minister Israel Katz insists that legislation regulating ultra-Orthodox enlistment must be advanced with the agreement of that community's leadership. Katz's enlistment proposal meets with jeers by lawmakers, with some loudly accusing him of promoting draft evasion and engaging in politics. Responding to criticism from lawmakers that his enlistment plan contradicts the IDF's own estimate, Katz argues that the ability to recruit and absorb are two different things.
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