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First Haredi Officers Graduate Hasmonean Brigade's Officer Course
The Hasmonean Brigade completed its first officer course on Tuesday in Jerusalem, graduating 15 Haredi cadets, including two Chabad members. Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attended the ceremony and praised the event as historic.
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- 01The Hasmonean Brigade completed its first officer course in Jerusalem on Tuesday, graduating 15 Haredi cadets, including two Chabad members.
- 02Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir attended the ceremony and called the graduation historic, according to Kikar HaShabbat and Arutz Sheva.
- 03The eight-month course prepared the cadets for combat and command roles, with training in Lebanon and Judea and Samaria.
- 04The course was run under IDF standards while accommodating a Haredi lifestyle, including kosher food and prayer times.
- 05The new officers will take command roles in the Hasmonean Brigade, and recruitment for the next course has already begun.
- 06According to Arutz Sheva, the next officer course for the brigade is scheduled to open in November.
- 07Ynet reported that 27 draft dodgers agreed to enlist after being detained at the airport and signing a court order.
- 08Ynet also reported that 13 others refused to commit to enlistment and could be sent to detention, while two were sentenced to Prison 10.
The eight-month course trained the cadets for combat and command roles. According to Kikar HaShabbat and Arutz Sheva, the training included operational activity in Lebanon and in Judea and Samaria, and was adjusted to fit a Haredi lifestyle.
The graduates will take on command roles in the brigade, and recruitment for the next officer course is already underway, with the next class due to open in November. Ynet also reported that the ceremony came as part of a wider process involving draft dodgers detained at the airport, with 27 agreeing to enlist after signing a court order and 13 refusing to commit and possibly facing detention.
Ynet further reported that two others were sentenced to detention in Prison 10. The course graduation was held on the rooftop of Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem.
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