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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Nominee for IDF chief rabbi: Never any excuse for rape
The rabbi tapped to become the new military chaplain, Col. Eyal Karim, says there is no place for sexual attacks on women, again renouncing previous comments that seemed to imply the rape of non-Jewish women in wartime was permissible.
“There is no exemption for sexual abuse of women, not in daily life nor in emergency situations,” Karim says, according to the Ynet news website. Karim also says he supports the recruitment of women into the IDF.
Karim’s comments, which were first published in 2012 and which he has since retracted, have resurfaced due to his nomination.
Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim (left), nominated to become IDF chief rabbi, sits next to his predecessor, Brig. Gen. Rafi Peretz, on April 21, 2016 (Diana Khananashvili/Defense Ministry)
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