Promiscuous IDF is unworthy of divine assistance, minister says
Statement follows recanting of an earlier statement concerning soldiers’ lack of prayer
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Interior Minister Eli Yishai of Shas called the IDF “corrupt” and “promiscuous” in a statement that was set to be published last Friday in a party publication, according to a Channel 10 report the day before.
The report added that as a consequence of the station’s investigation, the article was withdrawn from the journal and its author suspended.
“The IDF is a corrupt, promiscuous army and so does not receive assistance from above,” Yishai was reported to have said. “For over a decade, the Israeli army has pushed national religious religious soldiers who refuse to hear women singing into a tight spot … the most elementary fences of modesty have completely broken down on IDF bases.”
There was an uproar earlier this month after Yishai drew a connection between Israel’s shortcomings in the Second Lebanon War and soldiers’ lack of prayer. The minister later issued an apology.
The Times of Israel Community.