This week, the IDF replaced the official emblem of the army, adding the letter A - in violation of the law.
On Sunday evening, the IDF website published the army's new logo (logo). The IDF decided on an "updated and uniform symbol."
The new symbol consists of four elements: the Star of David, which represents the Jewish tradition, the Jewish people and history;
The olive branch, which represents the longing for peace;
The sword, which represents war and the defense of the house;
And the arc, which displays the name and connects all the elements.
In the official announcement, the pictures of the original emblem from 1948 were also attached to the new emblem, which has now been determined.
However, senior and sharp-eyed sources in the IDF noticed that there was another noticeable change between the two symbols: the original symbol read the Israel Defense Forces, and the new symbol - the Israel Defense Forces, with the addition of the letter A before the word defense.
The sources claimed that this was done without authority and without permission.
They referred to the IDF Establishment Ordinance of May 1948, which explicitly states the name "Israel Defense Forces", and also to the Basic Law: The Army (1976), which states (in section 1) that the Israel Defense Forces is the state army. In both cases the word appears. Defense "with the" one ".
A change that will cost a lot
It turns out that the issue is in long-standing controversy.
Samson Hoffman, who served for many years as an officer in the IDF's editorial and terminology staff, waged a long struggle to add the letter "before the word" defense ", and also on behalf of the various forces - Air Force, Navy, Infantry and more.
The Academy of the Hebrew Language also believes that the correct terminology is with the "A" additional, and it explains this with "linguistic logic, because it is one particular and known army."
Sources in the IDF even brought to light yesterday documents from the late 1980s, in which the information was already used.
According to them, the terminology of the Israel Defense Forces also took root linguistically, and the IDF only "aligned itself with it" in the new symbol it chose.
However, an investigation revealed that the IDF chose the sergeant without consulting external parties, including those in the Ministry of Defense in charge of it. Israel Defense Forces.
The change, by the way, will cost quite a bit of money.
From now on it will be necessary to use the new symbol everywhere, which will require the replacement of forms, certificates, signs, badges and flags.
"It is up to the commander of the unit, with the rank of colonel or higher, to decide on the order of priorities for how to replace the symbols according to the costs and meanings," it was determined
.
The IDF spokesman said:
"According to the rules of linguistic grammar established by the Hebrew Language Academy, the correct terminology for the IDF's name is 'Israel Defense Forces'. With the establishment of the state in 1948, when David Ben-Gurion signed the Basic Law: The Army, He called it: "Israel Defense Forces Law," without the knowledge.
From then until 1993, the IDF's name appeared as follows: Israel Defense Forces, while maintaining its symbolism.
In 1993, the well-known name was officially assimilated, in accordance with the rules of the Hebrew language - first in a dictionary of IDF terms, and later in military documents and publications, signs, the IDF emblem and more.
Since then, the official name of the IDF is "Israel Defense Forces."
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