Brigadier General Effie Defrin, the IDF Spokesperson, told the JNS international policy summit on Tuesday that Israel's adversaries perceive the country's democratic values as weakness, but the military sees them as the source of its strength.
IDF Spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin addressed the JNS international policy summit on Tuesday, asserting that Israel's enemies view the country's core values — democracy, rule of law, and individual rights — as signs of vulnerability. 'We see them as our source of strength,' he said. The remarks come against the backdrop of an ongoing military confrontation with Iran and its proxies. As The Zioneer has reported, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the same forum on Sunday evening, framing the conflict as an existential struggle in which Israel is teaching the world how to confront such threats. Defrin's comments echo that messaging, directed this time at the military's institutional ethos. No other details of his address were immediately released.
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