Comptroller: IDF troops soliciting donations for weapons, against regulations

State Comptroller Yosef Shapira slams the practice of IDF officers and soldiers seeking direct donations to pay for weaponry, calling it a violation of regulations.

Using the Yiddish term for a beggar, Shapira says that the “schnorrer” phenomenon is causing inequality between various IDF units and creating a serious sense of ill will among IDF fighters, Channel 2 television reports.

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