Overview
- A group of senior rabbis sent a sharply worded letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposing broader integration of women into frontline combat roles.
- The letter singles out proposals for the Armored Corps, saying mixed crews in cramped tanks are irreconcilable with Jewish law.
- The rabbis requested an urgent meeting with Netanyahu to prevent what they describe as an irreversible policy shift.
- Citing the Artillery Corps as a precedent, they say similar changes led to a sharp decline in religious soldiers and weakened the “people’s army” model.
- The authors write that they stayed publicly quiet during months of fighting but now contend that integration moves import outside social agendas and deter religious and haredi enlistment.