An op-ed published Monday morning by a commentator affiliated with The Zioneer argues that Israel is forfeiting divine protection ('siyata d'shmaya') by prosecuting yeshiva students and jailing them for draft evasion, even after the miracles it experienced over the past two years. The piece warns that such a path turns even the greatest allies into adversaries.
A Hebrew-language op-ed published Monday morning on The Zioneer's platform — written by a commentator identified as Elitov — argues that the Jewish state is endangering its divine protection ('siyata d'shmaya') by pursuing a policy of drafting and imprisoning yeshiva students and married scholars who refuse military service. The author frames this as a betrayal of the miracles Israel witnessed over the past two years — an apparent reference to the October 7, 2023 attacks and the subsequent wars — and warns that a nation that persecutes its Torah learners will eventually find even its closest friends turning into rivals. The piece is an opinion piece within The Zioneer's own editorial ecosystem, not a news report, and reflects the author's religious-Zionist critique of the government's conscription enforcement toward the Haredi community. As The Zioneer previously reported, at least 47 yeshiva students and avrechim were held in Military Prison 4 as of Thursday evening. That figure was a snapshot of the ongoing enforcement wave; today's op-ed offers a theological and political commentary on that same policy, not a new factual development.
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