Conscription in Israel - Deferment

Deferment

There are various routes which allow the draftees to postpone the date of recruitment. An automatic postponement is granted for student to graduate from high school. Additional routes which lead to the postponing of the recruitment:

• Volunteering for a one year service in a youth organization.
• Postponement of conscription due to the IDF needs, usually due to a course beginning in a date which occurs later than the original drafting date given to the draftee.
• Postponement of conscription due to various personal reasons.
• One can postpone the draft in a year in order to go to Torah studies.
• One can postpone the draft as part of the Hesder agreement.