PLEASE HELP THIS MOTHER PROTECT HER SON AND THE OTHER NAHAL HAHAREDI IDF SOLDIERS BY CALLING OR WRITING TO ISRAELI POLITICIANS
Dear People of Israel,
As an Israeli-American and the mother of a Netzach Yehuda (Nahal Haharedi) soldier serving in the Shomron, I am writing to protest the treatment of my son and his comrades who are sitting in jail for the past week over an altercation with several Bedouin.
On the way back to their base after attending the funeral of Asher Hazut, the brother of one of his roommates, my son and his fellow soldiers stopped at a gas station near Rahat. One of the soldiers was cursed and threatened by Bedouin men and he called for backup. When his comrades came to his aid, an altercation ensued. No injuries were reported. But 14 Netzach Yehuda soldiers were arrested and held in jail. Ten of them are still there. They are being threatened by other inmates. They have been interrogated for hours, on more than one occasion, and were not allowed to sleep for an entire night. The Bedouin are at large and were never taken into custody.
My son and his fellow soldiers endanger their lives daily to protect Jews living in Bet El, Shiloh, and the surrounding yishuvim. On August 23, 2019, our son had come home for his bi-weekly Shabbat. After the terror attack at Ein Dolev that Friday morning, which killed Rina Shnerb and injured her father and brother, he was called back to duty. Over Rosh Hashanah, he entered the home of one of the terrorists responsible for this attack and aided in his capture. These soldiers serve in some of the most perilous situations in the IDF.
When a soldier walks through Mea Shearim and is harassed by the locals, riot police appear within minutes to protect the soldier and throw the local offender in jail. Why on earth, when our sons stop at a gas station and are harassed by local Bedouin men, do the soldiers end up in jail? Where is the perspective? Where is the justice?
Having made aliya to live in Eretz Hakodesh, it pains me immensely to see this discrimination and travesty of justice. It makes the families of these soldiers think twice about sending their other sons to the army. If these young men can’t protect themselves, and if they don’t have the support of their officers, why should they risk their lives, reputations, and freedom?
I call upon the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and all Israeli citizens concerned with justice and equality to ensure immediate release of all the jailed Netzach Yehudah soldiers. To ensure that our sons are able to protect their country and their people with dignity and respect.
Rivka Levron, MD, PhD
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Protect us with dignity and respect
As an Israeli-American and the mother of a Netzah Yehuda (Nahal Haharedi) soldier serving in the Shomron, I am writing to protest the treatment of my son and his comrades, who have been sitting in jail for the past week over an altercation with several Bedouin.
On the way back to their base after attending the funeral of Asher Hazut, the brother of one of his roommates, my son and his fellow soldiers stopped at a gas station near Rahat.
One of the soldiers was cursed and threatened by Bedouin men and he called for help. When his comrades came to his aid, an altercation ensued.
No serious injuries were reported, but 14 Netzah Yehuda soldiers were arrested and held in jail.
Some 11 of them are still there.
They have been interrogated for hours, on more than one occasion, and were not allowed to sleep for an entire night. The Bedouin are at large and were never taken into custody.
My son and his fellow soldiers endanger their lives daily to protect Jews living in Bet El, Shiloh, and the surrounding yishuvim.
On August 23, our son had come home for his bi-weekly Shabbat. After the terror attack at Ein Dolev that Friday morning, which killed Rina Shnerb and injured her father and brother, he was called back to duty.
Over Rosh Hashanah, he entered the home of one of the terrorists responsible for this attack and aided in his capture. These soldiers serve in some of the most perilous situations in the IDF, endangering their own lives.
When a soldier walks through Mea She’arim and is harassed by the locals, riot police appear within minutes to protect the soldier and throw the local offender in jail. Why on earth, when our sons stop at a gas station and are harassed by local Bedouin men, do the soldiers end up in jail? Where is the perspective? Where is the justice?
Having made aliyah to live in Eretz Hakodesh, it pains me immensely to see this discrimination and travesty of justice. This discrimination will make other families think seriously about their religious sons serving in the IDF.
I call upon the Prime Minister, the Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi, and all Israeli citizens concerned with justice and equality to ensure immediate release of all the jailed Netzah Yehudah soldiers so that our sons are able to protect their country and their people with dignity and respect.
RIVKA LEVRON, MD, PHD
Betar Illit
JPost
1 comment:
It is such a shame what has happened to the IDF, especially since Oslo. They are no longer a 'Jewish' army, but an army of all its citizens and their main goal now is the secularization of the chareidim (& religious, in general) and also the appeasement of the 5th column within the Land. There are so many reports about young chareidi girls being forced into the draft; the insanity goes on. H'yerachem! The soldiers, H' bless them, are holy, but the ruling elite at the top are Erev Rav. We need Moshiach tzdkeinu ASAP!
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