Rabbi Avraham Baron, former Chairman of the Hesder Yeshivas Association, said that the Jewish Home party was on the wrong side when it came to demanding that students in hareidi yeshivas be drafted. If hareidi yeshiva students are drafted, he said, the Hesder yeshivas will be damaged as well, he said.

“Unfortunately only 15% of National Religious youth go to full time yeshivas, and the vast majority have nothing to do with yeshivas,” Baron told Arutz Sheva. Therefore, he said, it's very easy for members of the community to attack full-time study in yeshiva.