Three soldiers became the latest targets of anti-Israel organizations seeking to doxx and level legal challenges against Israeli servicemen abroad. The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) called for the arrest of three Nahal Brigade soldiers for alleged war crimes after they entered the Netherlands on Thursday. The March 30 Movement branch submitted a complaint … Read more
Reservists from the Nahal Brigade, under the command of the 91st Division, operated in recent weeks along Israel’s northern border and in ground operations in southern Lebanon, the military said on Thursday. In these operations, sixteen soldiers were wounded, and five reservists fell in combat, including Captain (res.) Avraham Yosef Goldberg, 43; Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) … Read more
The IDF reinstated Otzma Yehudit MK Yitzhak Kreuzer to his position on Sunday after he was expelled for allegedly breaking military neutrality on Saturday, violating previous agreements he had made with the army. Kreuzer was expelled from his IDF combat unit after a picture of him fighting in Lebanon was posted on Facebook. Kreuzer, … Read more
A new online phenomenon has been manifesting of late: Anti-Israel accounts search the web, looking for former IDF soldiers and when they find them, these hackers doxx them based on the soldiers’ own pictures and stories that they have uploaded to social media. The hackers focus primarily on former soldiers who uploaded public pictures … Read more
In a surprising development in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday morning, committee chair MK Yuli Edelstein (Likud) opted not to hold a vote on a bill that would extend the cutoff age for reservists by three months. The bill, which is currently set to expire on June 30, says that … Read more
The Knesset plans to fast-track a bill this week to extend a provision to raise the cutoff age for IDF reservists by three months in an effort to prevent a manpower crisis. According to the temporary provision, which is set to expire on June 30, regular soldiers must serve until age 41 instead of … Read more
Amidst a public debate about the justification for the decades-long blanket exemption from IDF service for haredi men, the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (FADC) debated on Monday a bill to lengthen the age of exemption for reservists by one year. The bill’s intent is to preserve the current array of reservists at … Read more
The IDF revealed on Friday that in the municipal elections slated for January 30, 1,829 candidates are active reservists, hundreds of which will not be able to be released in time. The government was set to discuss another postponement of the elections as a result of these circumstances next week. Against the backdrop of … Read more
Opposition leader Yair Lapid introduced a detailed plan on Monday to aid reservists and their families financially. The Yesh Atid leader presented his plan during a press conference prior to a faction meeting. The plan begins with raising the salaries and bonuses for reservists. Lapid proposed to raise the minimum wage for reservists, which … Read more
Religious Zionist Party (RZP) MK Ohad Tal started collecting signatures from other MKs on Tuesday for a bill that would postpone the municipal elections again. The elections, which were supposed to take place toward the end of October, were delayed until January 30, when the Swords of Iron War began on October 7. The … Read more
