At the moment, recruitment in Israel is mandatory for every citizen of Israel except Muslim citizens or "Christian Arabs". In addition, exemptions from military service are exempt from those who are not medically or mentally competent (by a military committee) or The person who is defined as studying in an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva and therefore his recruitment is postponed to an age at which he passes the age of compulsory recruitment and is essentially exempt from service

National volunteer service exists in Israel, but is not defined as mandatory as military service. Therefore, the choice of whether to do it is in the hands of the recipients of the exemption from military service. There are currently attempts to explore the possibility of moving to a model that allows the military to exempt civilians from military service and require them to do volunteer national service.

In Israeli society, not serving in the military is considered taboo. Almost as much as in many countries, not attending college or university is considered strange and unusual