24.01.2012                      29.Tewet. 5772                       Jom Kippur Katan

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Barak seeks wage hike for IDF troops in mandatory service

Wage hike would be incorporated into new law that would require every Israeli to do one year of either military or civilian national service – including yeshiva students, who are currently exempted.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak Monday threw his weight behind a proposal to pay soldiers doing their compulsory service minimum wage, saying this would be incorporated into a new law that would require every Israeli to do one year of either military or civilian national service.
Barak said his ministry is preparing the law, which would replace an existing law that exempts yeshiva students from service….