Rabbis in leading yeshivas and preparatory schools in religious Zionism are preparing for the war against the entry of women into the combat units, and intend to order their students to keep their feet away from mixed units.
In a conversation with "Israel Today", the directors of institutions said today (Tuesday) that this is a crossing of a bright red line, and they do not intend to sit idly by.
"The army crossed a red line today and it will have implications," threatened one of the heads of the institutions.
"It's like chametz on Passover and desecration of Shabbat. Until now, the recruitment of women to combat units was on the margins, in places where in practice no one wants to be. Now it's already in the IDF mainstream.
This is a creeping religious exclusion sponsored by the High Court.
The angry ad issued by the yeshiva rabbis,
The meetings cited as an example the integration of women in the artillery corps as an example of units where the religious do not currently enter.
"In the artillery, the IDF deliberately involved the regular battalions, making sure that each battalion had a few girls in it.
Hesder yeshivot came out, the high yeshivahs came out, and today there are only 5% religious in the artillery, while in the rest of the battle formations there are about 30-40%.
That is two and three times more than the weight of religious Zionism in society. "
"This is a practical illustration of what such a move causes. Just think what will happen if it is in the Nahal or Golani - it will simply detract an entire brigade from the IDF's maneuvering SDK within five years.
"The Nahal brigade will not enter Lebanon and Bint Jabal anymore. They will be able to make do with guards at the Tapuach junction along with the scrambled mixed arrays. It will become the girls' brigade, and everyone will have success," said a director at one of the institutions angrily.
"When someone enters my house and starts taking over, I work to get him out. The IDF is us and we do not give up on the IDF. There will be no calls not to enlist in the IDF, we are not in this place, but we will change reality.
The IDF will return to dealing with security issues and will not make plays as if it is involving girls. The IDF should not educate anyone, not even us.
To deal with security issues.
On the day Betar Jerusalem becomes a mixed group, we will engage in mixed units in the IDF.
"This is a social catastrophe"
Earlier today, the leading rabbis in religious Zionism announced that they were postponing a meeting planned with Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi in protest of the decision to include women in combat units. Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, one of the prominent rabbis in the religious sector, strongly attacked In a conversation with Israel Today, Rabbi Aviner said that this was a moral crime in the name of equality, but did not say whether he specifically ruled against fighters not to serve in units that would include women, such as the Nahal Brigade or Unit 669.
"There is no halakhic possibility of serving in a mixed combat unit."
Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Photo: Oren Nachshon
"There are three problems with the decision," Rabbi Aviner said.
"Spiritual problem - according to Halacha, it is forbidden to build to serve in the IDF, let alone in front units.
It is agreed that it is not possible to serve in front units according to all the rabbis. "
"National problem - women do not have the physical, physiological capacity, like boys. A man can carry much more than a woman. Girls end up with pressure fractures, fractures in the spine. This lowers the efficiency of the units. The IDF is not a place for compromise.
We have enemies around who want to destroy us.
We can not afford experiments in this area.
And a social problem - in units where there are rabbinical girls telling boys not to go there.
Until now these units have not been multiplied.
If there are multiple such units, it turns out that there will be a lot of non-religious units.
We want to be one people, and the great place we are with one is in the military.
"At the time there were Shabbat problems in the units, and they suggested that there be units for the religious and the secular. Rabbi Shlomo Goren and Ben-Gurion said no. One people - one army. With these things there will be units of the religious and the secular. This is a social catastrophe. Social. It's a moral crime. I do not go into the details of the units. Combat units where there are women - until now the rabbis told the fighters not to enlist, but it was rare. Now it will be common. There were units that kept the border, like Karkal. "In a mixed combat unit. It is impossible," said Rabbi Aviner.
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