Israeli army chief says more soldiers needed form ultra-Orthodox community
Eyal Zamir says Israel’s current troop level does not match up to its “extensive” security needs.
Speaking at a Hanukkah event with soldiers from a brigade composed of ultra-Orthodox jews, he said that the army is moving to integrate more Haredi soldiers. The issue of military conscription for the ultra-Orthodox community has been hotly debated and protested in Israel for years.
He said that the brigade, called the Hashmonaim Brigade, “proves that it is possible to integrate combat service while maintaining an ultra-Orthodox way of life”.
In late October, around 200,000 members of this community rallied in Israel against mandatory military service. Last year, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for service.
And the reason why Israel is stoking up anti-semitism around the world, the IDF needs more soldiers to keep killing Palestinians.
Israeli foreign minister calls on Jews worldwide to move to Israel
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has urged Jews living in Western countries to immigrate to Israel following last week’s deadly shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.
“I call upon Jews in England, in France, in Australia, in Canada, in Belgium: Ascend to the Land of Israel! Come home! Waiting for you here with open arms,” Saar said on X.
Israeli law allows any Jewish person in the world to settle in Israel and gain Israeli citizenship.
For the small price of having to serve in the IDF and commit genocide. Israel depends on anti-semitism.
Israeli arms companies’ revenues soared in 2024
Israeli arms companies made record-high revenues last year, as weapons manufacturers market some of their products as “battle-tested” after their deployment in Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
Israel’s defence exports increased by 13 percent in 2024, compared with the previous year, to a record of almost $15bn, dominated by missiles, rockets and air-defence systems, the Israeli government said in a statement in June.
More than half the deliveries in 2024 went to European militaries, while other shipments went to countries in the Asia Pacific region, led by India.
Fuck Europe, complicit all the way.
