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Payments & Pensions

Discharged from the Army? Forget About Your Payout — How the State Abandons Veterans

A one-time discharge benefit sounds like “thank you for your service.” In practice, it sounds like “try and get it.” Hundreds of veterans are stuck in court for years, fighting for what the law guarantees them, while the Defense Ministry “optimizes” the budget on the backs of those who are no longer needed.

Service & Mobilisation

5 Years at War — Go Teach Kids. Why Demobilizing Teachers Is Brilliant and Ridiculous

A petition on the Cabinet’s website proposes demobilizing soldiers with teaching degrees after five years of service — on condition they return to school. This column asks whether a state that mobilized its own teachers can now beg them back with a petition — and what happens to 10,000 veterans it suddenly wants in the classroom.