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
Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli (Likud) criticized the IDF on Thursday for allowing Brothers in Arms leader Lt.-Col. (res.) Ron Scherf to continue volunteering for reserve duty, after threatening to cease his service if the government passed its controversial judicial reform in 2023. The IDF’s spokesperson said following Chikli’s criticism that … Read more
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara that she order a criminal investigation against Labor Party Chairman Yair Golan on Wednesday evening. Ben-Gvir urged Baharav-Miara to investigate Golan after he called for disobedience among reservists during a public conference. In a letter sent to the Attorney General, Minister Ben-Gvir wrote, … 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
A new party of IDF reservists who served in the Gaza Strip would receive 10 seats if led by former communications minister Yoaz Hendel, a poll conducted for The Jerusalem Post found this week. The poll also found that a reservists’ party headed by other candidates with a military background would garner strong support. … Read more
Far-right National Missions Minister Orit Struk attacked IDF reserves officers for their “fat pockets [stuffed with money]” in an interview with N12 on Tuesday. Struk made the comment while being asked about the hundreds of millions of shekels being added to her ministry in the amended 2023 budget for uses like “family purity” counseling … Read more
