The chairman of the religious Zionist faction, MK Simcha Rothman, contacted Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this morning (Sunday) following last week's publication of a presentation from a battalion commanders course (command and staff "Alon") in which a shocking comparison was made between the religious Zionist movement and the terrorist organization Hamas.
"Systematic incitement against an entire sector"
According to MK Rothman: "The IDF spokesman confirmed the correctness of the publication and disavowed what was shown in the slide, but that is not enough. It is impossible to describe the intensity of moral degradation and the fierceness required to produce this inciting content, and to present it in front of the future command avenue of the IDF, which is largely composed of members of religious Zionism itself."
"This raises the question of whether this is just the tip of the iceberg of a phenomenon with wider and deeper dimensions, of systematic incitement against an entire, contributing and leading sector in the State of Israel, and as mentioned also in the IDF itself in significant combat and command service positions," MK Rothman said.
