Journalist Yinon Magal published the prepared remarks of a training commander in the Hasmonean Brigade, which the commander said were not allowed to be heard during a Supreme Court hearing on the law freezing arrests of Haredi draft evaders, according to Magal's the source.
Journalist Yinon Magal on Tuesday evening published the statements of a training commander in the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade, which the commander said were not allowed to be presented during a Supreme Court hearing on the Detention Law. The law governs the arrest of yeshiva students who evade military conscription. Magal's post, titled 'Like a sword hanging over the head of the brigade,' quoted the commander's account of how the arrests affect morale and recruitment in the unit.
As The Zioneer reported earlier on Tuesday, Maj. (res.) Ben Yaakov Savo, a commander in the same brigade, claimed that the court's judges refused to hear his testimony. MK Simcha Rothman later read Savo's words in the Knesset plenum. The commander's full remarks, as published by Magal, have not been independently verified.
3 developments
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- DevelopingIDF personnel chief opposes bill freezing arrests of yeshiva draft evaders
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