The Shin Bet chief opposed a proposal discussed in the Hashmonaim Brigade to create separate departments for different Haredi communities to ease recruitment, warning the move would turn the IDF into 'factions,' according to a Hebrew-language media report.
The Hashmonaim Brigade, the IDF's main unit for integrating Haredi soldiers, reportedly discussed creating dedicated departments for different Haredi communities to streamline recruitment. According to a Hebrew-language media report, Shin Bet chief David Zini blocked the initiative, warning that it would lead to the IDF being divided into 'factions' (plangot). The report did not specify whether the plan had been formally proposed or was at an early stage. Zini's intervention underscores tensions between military integration efforts and the Shin Bet's security concerns about preserving IDF unity.
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