National service israel

Israel cannot afford another government that leaves it isolated - opinion

Shifting Western attitudes toward Israel could lead to the recognition of a Palestinian state, unless combated by a Zionist, statesmanlike, and liberal government.

Yisrael Beytenu leader and MK Avigdor Liberman holds a press conference in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2026
Erez Winner, chairman of HaBithchonistim

The war for Israel’s home

Saray Shriki, 19, who grew up in a youth facility, is volunteering with the Israel Prison Service through a national service track for at-risk youth.

Daughter of former prisoners now serves in Israel Prison Service uniform to support at-risk youth

Arab students at a school in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, January 17, 2023; illustrative.

Supermajority of Israeli Arab students support non-security-linked national service, study finds


Torah study as national service – a proposal for a new track

The time has come for Israel to take an honest look at reality and to rethink ways of finding creative solutions that can realistically resolve this historically painful issue.

TIME FOR a ‘Torah study track’ as national service.

For immigrants, too

National service paves a road to social integration

National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

President Rivlin honors National Service volunteers

The President emphasized that there are National Service volunteers working in every department of his office. “We would not be able to function without them,” he said.

National Service volunteers ceremony at the president residence

A year in their lives

Known in Hebrew as “shnat sherut” – a one-year voluntary service program – the first letter of each word, Shin, becomes the acronym shin-shin, the plural of which is shinshinim.

PARTICIPANTS IN the one-year voluntary service program (‘shnat sherut’) attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence yesterday

Civilian National Service finally gains recognition – 4 decades on

Minister wants program accorded status parallel to that of IDF.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN smiles alongside outstanding Civilian National Service volunteers at his official residence in the capital yesterday

What the Experience of my Daughter in the Israeli Army can teach American Society

The Jerusalem Post

Top National Security Council official named in corruption probe

Bar-Yosef served as deputy head of the National Security Council from 2009 to 2015, and before that was director of the Knesset’s Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee.

Avriel Bar-Yosef

Bill would cancel national service volunteers for foreign government-funded NGOs

There are 25 such NGOs registered in Israel, five of which have a total of 12 volunteers doing national service.

MK Amir Ohana

Three times as many Arabs as Haredim volunteer for national service

Rivlin meets with Arab volunteers in national civil service at his residence in Jerusalem earlier this month.

Breakthrough program to enable Arab youth to serve communities may become national model

Project is designed for Arab youth ages 18-21 who want to volunteer in their communities in educational institutions and social services 4 days a week for at total of 30 hours, plus training.

ISRAELI ARABS attend the Abraham Fund’s national service launch event in Kalansuwa last week