KNESSET PANEL APPROVES TO FAST-TRACK BILL TO RAISE EXEMPTION AGE FOR RESERVISTS: REPORT

Mon 24 June 2024:

Israel’s Knesset House Committee has approved a government request to fast-track a bill delaying retirement for the country’s military reservists, according to the Times of Israel newspaper.

The report says the proposal seeks to extend a temporary measure raising the exemption age for reserve military service from 40 to 41 for soldiers and from 45 to 46 for officers for several additional months. Specialists, such as doctors and air crewmen, will be required to continue serving until 50, instead of 49.

The current increase in the exemption age, which was initially passed as a temporary measure by the Knesset late last year, is set to expire at the end of the month and the committee’s approval of the government’s request clears the way for the bill’s first reading in the plenum to take place today – with the remaining two readings taking place this week, the newspaper said.

Knesset legal adviser Sagit Afik criticised the government for requesting to fast-track the legislation “at the last minute, leaving two days of work for the Knesset and the committee”.

“This is an insult to the Knesset and its status and ability to work, especially after the Foreign Affairs and Security Committee did not agree to grant a one-year extension in the past,” she said.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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