<p>MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) addressed the Federation of Local Authorities in Israel Thursday morning and discussed his party's position on the Draft Law.</p> <p>"It cannot be that there will not be Torah students who are soldiers in a Jewish country. There is no such reality," Gafni said.</p> <p>"When there were bloody wars during the days of King David, the prophet came to King David and said to him – half of the people study Torah and half of the people serve in the army, and they share the burden. I propose this today as well: that half of the people study Torah and half serve in the army, and they take turns. I say – the students of Ponevezh Yeshiva – they will go to the army to fight, but bring the high school kids at that time will study Torah. That's what we agreed to."</p> <p>When asked why a person can't serve in the navy and go to university, Gafni replied: "He can't. Our people who went through holocausts, disasters, the Inquisition and the Crusades finally returned to their country because of this reality – that it always had Torah students. I want there to be a status quo, I didn't go into details about the Draft Law."</p>