Israel extends emergency call-up of reservists until November 30 — Jerusalem Post
During a telephone vote, the Israeli government approved extending until November 30 the mechanism for the emergency call-up of Israel Defense Forces reservists under Order No. 8. At the same time, the maximum number of call-ups was reduced from 240,000 to 200,000. As the Jerusalem Post reports, the decision was made at the proposal of the Defense Ministry.
Call-up limit and burden on reservists
The limit of 200,000 does not mean that this many reservists will be serving simultaneously. This is the maximum number of call-ups that may be issued during the period the decision is in force. A repeat call-up of a servicemember after discharge is also generally counted as a separate call-up.
A legal opinion by the Defense Ministry pointed to significant equality issues, as the burden on those serving is increasing while the state, according to the document’s authors, has not ensured a fair distribution of the duty to serve among all sectors of the population. The conscription of representatives of the ultra-Orthodox community is mentioned separately: appearance orders were sent to people subject to conscription, while the military strengthened measures against draft evaders.
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The Defense Ministry justified the extension of the mechanism by ongoing threats, IDF operations on several fronts, and operational needs. According to data attached to the proposal, from January through August, spending on reserve service days under Order No. 8 amounted to 26.7 billion Israeli shekels. If the average volume of service is maintained in October and November, additional spending is estimated at approximately 6.6 billion shekels.
Extension of the special detention regime
The government also extended until November 30 the declaration under the law on the incarceration of unlawful combatants. It maintains special detention procedures, including deadlines for issuing a permanent detention order, the possibility of temporarily restricting meetings with a lawyer, and the procedure for judicial review.
Under the latest temporary amendment, which entered into force on July 1, a permanent order concerning an unlawful combatant must be signed no later than 18 days after detention, and concerning a minor, within 10 days. The legal opinion found the repeated extension of the regime difficult, but saw no legal obstacles to its approval.
