Once they have completed their mandatory term of service, all discharged citizens remain eligible to be called up for reserve duty until the age of 40.
Everyone who is able to fight is eligible for enlistment. And after Oct 7th, tens of thousands of conscripts were recalled for service, effectively mobilizing a large chunk of the Israeli civilian workforce.
This article is only about formal conscription in the IDF.
Which, exempting a handful of ultra-orthodox religious sects (and all Arabs), includes the entire Israeli population. Nobody is a civilian. They’re all officially in the Israeli reserve defense force.
Israeli Settlers are all armed and expected to assist in securing that border. And they routinely fire across the border at what they consider hostile targets within the Gaza region.
and even the farmers and construction workers and homemakers are expected to serve as de facto border guards, does that mean Israel lacks a civilian population?
Everyone who is able to fight is eligible for enlistment. And after Oct 7th, tens of thousands of conscripts were recalled for service, effectively mobilizing a large chunk of the Israeli civilian workforce.
Which, exempting a handful of ultra-orthodox religious sects (and all Arabs), includes the entire Israeli population. Nobody is a civilian. They’re all officially in the Israeli reserve defense force.
You said this.
Can you provide sources for these two claims?
In a cabinet meeting Netanyahu says the government is working to accelerate the licensing of weapons to Israeli civilians and rescue services, taking steps to ‘strengthen settlements’
From back in January of 2023.