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Shderot Hesder Rabbis Urge IDF Chief to Reverse Course Over Yigal Levinstein Snub
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100% right-leaningFirst reported by Arutz Sheva · 15 hours ago
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Leaders of Shderot’s Hesder yeshiva accused IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir of disrespecting Rabbi Yigal Levinstein by excluding him from a planned meeting. They demanded that Zamir reverse the decision and meet Levinstein over issues affecting religious Zionist soldiers. The protest follows broader anger and a boycott by pre-army academy heads.
- 01Shderot Hesder rabbis protested Levinstein’s exclusion from a meeting with Eyal Zamir.
- 02They said the move harmed Torah scholars and the religious Zionist public.
- 03The meeting was about integrating religious Zionist soldiers into the Armored Corps.
- 04The rabbis urged Zamir to meet Levinstein and hear concerns about gender mixing.
- 05The protest followed reports of a boycott by pre-army academy heads.
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