Rabbi Yigal Levinstein: Don't Enlist in Sayeret Matkal, It Has Become Caracal

After a letter from heads of hesder yeshivot saying they would not send their students to the Armored Corps, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the pre-army preparatory academy in Eli, is recommending that his students not enlist in Sayeret Matkal. "Sayeret Matkal has become Caracal," Rabbi Levinstein mocks the IDF announcement that a female fighter completed the unit's training course, which was "adapted for her." He interprets the IDF statement as follows: "We will lower the operational standards in order to integrate women and get a picture of a 'victory', the first woman who 'completed' the course in the unit." "This is a concept on steroids in the unit," he says, which proves that "the gender theory of radical feminism outweighs the value of victory."\n\nDon't enlist in Sayeret Matkal "out of responsibility for the value of victory of the IDF and the unit in particular, I recommend that every recruit going to the selection processes prefer units that see the value of victory as value No. 1, such as Shaldag and Shayetet, where they do not lower standards for the sake of the value of equality." He concludes his statement with concern: "The danger to Israel's security is great because the unit is the professional compass and a symbol for the entire army, and if values are changed there, then in all the more so in other units, paratroopers, armor, etc."