Tag: Education Corps
Report: Newly Appointed IDF General Staff a No-Knitted Yarmulke Zone
In recent years, the knitted yarmulkes, which fill the junior and middle echelons of the IDF, have not been promoted to the senior command of the army.
IDF Issued Regulations on Sensitivity to Enlisted LGBT
Instead of asking his soldier if his girlfriend is waiting for him at home, it would be preferable for the commander to ask if his girlfriend or boyfriend is waiting at home.
Survey Finds Israelis Have Few Delusions about Peace, IDF Brass
Among the Jewish respondents, only 4% strongly believe in peace between Israel and the Palestinians. 16.1% believe it moderately. 35.4% moderately do not believe it. 41.1% do not believe it at all.
Netanyahu Condemns ‘Outrageous’ Deputy Chief of Staff’s Speech [video]
The open rebuke was a deadly jibe at Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, who defended and supported Golan's speech and the sentiments he noted.
Ometz: Too Many Rabbis Talk to IDF Soldiers
Aryeh Avner, Chairman of the Ometz (Citizens for Proper Administration and Social and Judicial Justice) movement has complained to Israel's Defense Minister Ehud barak that "According to information reaching the Ometz movement, there has been an increase in the phenomenon where IDF soldiers are forced to listen to talks by rabbis on religious matters."