Their proportion among new
company and battalion commanders is 4 times their part in the general
population.
By Gil Ronen, Jerusalem Post:
January 30, 2014
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Efrat soldiers graduate
officers' course
IDF Spokesperson's Unit
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This proportion is four
times the part that the “settlers” make up in the general population.
"Residents of Judea
and Samaria understand the complexity of the situation we live in, and the fact
that we are still in a form of war,” one of the recent graduates – a resident
of Samaria – told the magazine. "When rocks are
thrown just two minutes away from your home, and soldiers are standing guard
throughout our community, we have no option but to give of ourselves and
contribute to security,” he added.
Many of the Jews of
Judea and Samaria are religious – so a high proportion of “settlers” also means
a high proportion of kippah-wearers.
An article published
recently by Amir Oren, military analyst for ultra-leftist Haaretz, complained about
the high number of religious people in the security forces, causing a public
outcry. "The situation is
worst in the Shin Bet,” he wrote, “which has turned into the Kippah Wearers'
Service in recent years. The people holding three of the four most
senior positions come from a religious background and project support
for a world view that opposes a diplomatic solution that involves ceding
settlements.”
Minister Uri Orbach of the religious-Zionist Jewish Home [and
graduate of YBA Nachal Yizchak, Nechalim] told Galei Yisrael
Radio in response that the Haaretz article “reeks
of religio-phobia.”
"I used to get mad
at that kind of stuff,” he said, “but now I mostly snort in deprecation when I
see veteran journalists at the end of their road still trying to wage the
battle of 20 or 30 years ago, and prevent talented religious people from
reaching key positions and junctions where decisions are made.”
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