The Union of Hesder Yeshivas stated that since the High Court ruling, council members have been working in various ways to prevent a situation where halakha-observant soldiers are integrated into service alongside soldiers who are not observant, according to a statement from the union.
The Union of Hesder Yeshivas released a statement at 12:23 Jerusalem time announcing that council members of the organization are actively working to prevent the integration of soldiers who observe halakha (Jewish religious law) with those who do not, following a High Court of Justice ruling. The statement says the council is acting through various means to avoid a scenario where observant and non-observant soldiers serve together. The union did not specify which High Court ruling it refers to or detail the means being employed. As The Zioneer previously reported (Jun 9, 23:54 Jerusalem), a senior IDF officer said the High Court is placing the military in an impossible position, against the backdrop of a rabbis' letter. The current statement appears to continue that thread of tension between the military establishment and religious-Zionist institutions over the integration of religious soldiers in mixed units, though the union's statement does not directly reference any specific IDF policy or court decision.
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