Sunday, June 17, 2018

Th e Israeli army , the draft and religous soldeirs

The real question lies whether Israel really wants Religous soldiers in its ranks.
A week ago a highly decorated officer who is clearly religous was denied a key post that many thought he deserved.
The trend of marginilizing religous soldiers in the Israeli army is not new , it has been going on for a long time ideed.
One the one hand the IDF claims it wants religous soldiers and on the other does everthing to make sure the Army does not get too religous.
The examples of this are many.
The present head of the army is seen as being concerned over religous indoctrination in the army and has done specific things to limit the scope of the Rabbinate of the army and its influence on soldiers.
As more and more religous soldiers and even more CHARDIE soldiers fill the ranks of the IDF this should be a concern for all.
A Jewidh army travels on Jewih ethics.
Denying and fighting that is dangerous for moral and the armies ultimate success.

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