16 religious IDF soldiers who refused Gaza operation with female paramedic jailed

Chief rabbi urges IDF to nix jailing of troops who refused to serve with woman

Israel's Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Kalman Meir Ber asked the IDF chief and defense minister to cancel the decision to prosecute soldiers who refused to conduct operational activity in Gaza due to the presence of a female soldier

Rabbi Yigal Levinstein: IDF Forcing Soldiers To Violate Religion, This Isn’t How Jewish Army Is Run

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, head of the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli, has issued a strongly worded statement warning that the Israel Defense Forces has effectively decided to “eliminate” the position of the IDF chief rabbi, amid a growing controversy over the treatment of religious soldiers. Levinstein’s comments come after 16 soldiers from […]

16 religious IDF soldiers who refused Gaza operation with female paramedic jailed

Religious Zionist soldiers have forecefully objected to the appointment of women to combat roles

Rav Yigal Levinstein Blasts IDF Over Female Paramedic Controversy: “An Impossible Situation”

Rav Yigal Levinstein, head of the pre-military academy in Eli, sharply criticized the IDF’s integration policies following the controversy involving 16 religious soldiers in the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion who objected to traveling in a confined armored vehicle together with a female paramedic. In an interview on the “Central Edition” program, Rav Levinstein argued that the dispute is far broader than the circumstances surrounding the indiv…