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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The IDF Code of Ethics, officially known as the Spirit of the Israel Defense Forces, is the code of conduct developed by the Israel Defense Forces to formally delineate the morality and etiquette that should be displayed by an Israeli soldier. It was first drafted in the 1990s, when a joint ...
Rabbi Shlomo Goren, the first Chief Military Rabbi for the Israel Defense Force, and, later, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel. The Military Rabbinate (Hebrew: חיל הרבנות הצבאית, Heil HaRabanut HaTzvait) is a corps in the Israel Defense Forces that provides religious services to soldiers, primarily to Jews, but also including non-Jews, and makes decisions on issues of religion and ...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Tsva ha-Hagana le-Yisra'el ⓘ, lit. ' Army for the Defense of Israel ' ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal ( צה״ל ), is the national military of the State of Israel .
Druze citizens are prominent in the Israel Defense Forces and in politics. The bond between Jewish and Druze soldiers is commonly known by the term "a covenant of blood" (Hebrew: ברית דמים, brit damim). [103] Following Israel's establishment, the government mandated conscription for male Druze.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli Ground Forces זרוע היבשה Emblem of the Israeli Ground Forces Founded 26 May 1948 ; 76 years ago (1948-05-26) Country Israel Type Army Role Land warfare Size 126,000 active 400,000 reserve Part of Israel Defense Forces Headquarters GOC Army Headquarters (Bar-Lev Camp [he ...
There are some Israeli rabbis, former generals and public figures who call on soldiers to refuse orders to dismantle Israeli settlements and remove their residents. One of those who call soldiers to refuse removal order is Uri Elitzur, a publicist and former civil servant. Eliztur claims that settlers-removal order is an illegal order, and ...
The video was first posted on X—with a Hebrew transcription of the soldiers’ chant—by Yinon Magal, who also served in the Knesset as a member of the right-wing Jewish Home party in 2015.
Eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two were captured. Later on 12 July Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called the captures an "act of war" warranting a "severe and harsh response" and threatened to "turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years." In response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a military offensive into Lebanon. In the ...