The Israeli army reportedly wants to counter the preponderance of religious troops in its combat units. Ma’ariv said Thursday that the top brass are seeking ways of boosting the number of secular youths conscripted into the ground forces, whose ranks are now 30 percent to 40 percent Orthodox.
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