Israeli rabbi: Death is better than serving in the Israeli army

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, a Jewish rabbi claimed to have been killed in a controversial statement. It is better to be in the hands of the Palestinians than to serve in the Israeli army. “Tsvi Friedman”, the rabbi of Haredi Jews, in a meeting with the representatives of the extreme Zionist movement known as “Armed Brothers”, which is trying to recruit Haredi youths to serve in the He encouraged the Israeli army to say: I have 20 to 30 grandchildren, but if the day comes when we are killed by the Palestinians or serve in the Israeli army, I will choose the first option.

The Jewish rabbi further added that serving in the Israeli army, the majority of whose forces are secular, is an option worse than death for us religious people.

In recent weeks, political and social divisions have once again The reason for reviewing the law requiring Haredi Jews to serve in the Israeli army has intensified. While the secular currents at the same time as the Gaza crisis are demanding military service for Haredi Jews, many Haredi religious leaders have condemned this and stated that they will never agree to the presence of their followers in the Israeli army.

This is in the situation that ” Hertz Hallowi, Chief of the General Staff of the Zionist Army, pointed to the severe shortage of ready-to-serve military personnel in the Israeli army, indirectly criticizing Netanyahu’s cabinet officials who want to continue to exempt religious Jews from serving in the Israeli army.

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