Sephardic Chief Rabbi: Women Can Do Laundry In The IDF, Not Serve In Combat
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi said women should not serve in the Israel Defense Forces and should not perform national service.
Israel’s Sephardic Chief Rabbi said women should not serve in the Israel Defense Forces and should not perform national service.
The head of haredi recruitment in Bnei Brak was threatened by extremists against the recruitment of haredim to the IDF.
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) responded in the Finance Committee to the revelation that some of funds spent on the new submarine deal with Germany will end up in the hands of Iran.
Lebanese businessman Iskandar Safa is the CEO of shipbuilding company Abu Dhabi MAR, which was contracted last year to build four Sa’ar 6-class corvette warships for the Israeli Navy.
The IDF is planning a kinnus for Tuesday, 6 Kislev for Chabad “Temimim”, talmidei yeshivos affiliated with Chabad who were abroad for Kvutza.
The military prosecution said Tuesday it was working on a plea bargain for Brigadier General Ofek Buchris, who was charged with 17 counts of sexual misconduct.
Syria confirmed Wednesday that Israeli jets attacked west of Damascus, with reports in Arab media saying an arms convoy intended for Hezbollah was the target.
The Israel Air Force attacked an abandoned ISIS military facility in the Syrian Golan Heights early Monday in response to the mortar and gunfire aimed at an IDF patrol from that area the previous day, dropping 10 one-ton bombs on the target.
Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit conducted meetings Wednesday with the State Prosecutor and other Justice Ministry officials regarding the issue of the submarine purchases by the IDF after new information was received from the police and there were further developments.
The United Nation’s World Health Organization recognized the Israeli army’s field hospital, which is regularly sent abroad to provide aid at natural disaster sites, as “the number one in the world” in a ceremony last week, classifying it as its first and only “Type 3” field hospital, according to its commander, Lt. Col. (res.) Dr.…