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Major General David Zini
Haredim Verbally Assault IDF Maj.-Gen. "Murderer" Shouted at Him

WATCH: Major-General David Zini rescued after verbal assault by Haredim in Bnei Brak restaurant

A disturbing incident unfolded in Bnei Brak on Thursday when Major-General David Zini, overseeing the establishment of the new IDF infantry Hashmonaim Brigade, was verbally assaulted by a group of extremist haredim. Video footage that surfaced on social media shows dozens of young men shouting insults at Zini, including calls of "murderer" and "shame on you."

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Menachem Mendel Roth

"I'm a soldier in the Jewish army"

Hasidic Singer Mendel Roth shares his excitement about joining the IDF's "Hashmonaim" Brigade

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Is the IDF Chief REALLY Targeting Yeshiva students?!

HAREDI Media FUMING about IDF Draft: "Herzi Halevi is trying to take the Torah world captive"

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No looking back

No more exemptions: State declares open recruitment for Haredim in 2026 

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Haredi Netzah Yehudah soldiers.

IDF Plans to Increase Haredi Recruitment by 20% in 2025

Senior IDF Official reveals: This is the IDF's target for recruiting Haredim in the coming year

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Mendel Roth discusses his decision to enlist in the IDF

Giyus Kal! 

Mendel Roth, Haredi popstar, just enlisted  – plus LISTEN to his stunning new song about his brave choice!

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IDF's Hashmonaim Brigade is finally on its way

Mazal Tov! 

IN COLOR: 150 HAREDI soldiers have started basic training

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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, IDF soldier, Rabbi Yair Paran

The Torah teaches us to serve

Rav Ovadya Yosef's great grandson: Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef is "one of the biggest desecrators of God's name this year"

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Yoav Gallant

Gallant is leaving the Israeli government 

Gallant announced: "I will soon resign from the Knesset"

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New haredi IDF recruit with his parents

Unprecedented

Hundreds of Haredim make stunning choice to join IDF

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Israeli soldiers from Netzah Yehuda Battalion attend a swearing-in ceremony at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 10, 2024.

IDF struggles with increasing Haredi resistance to Military recruitment

Only 11% of Haredi draftees show up for IDF call-up, amid rising tensions over recruitment plan

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Rabbi Azriel Auerbach

A leader has risen

PROFILE: Who is Rabbi Azriel Auerbach, the 'Jerusalem Faction's' new leader?

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Haredi youth in preparatory units

Bold souls

Haredi youth train for IDF's most elite units

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Rabbi Yitzchak Yosef

Refusal to serve your country has no place on IDF bases

We need to remove Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef's books from IDF bases

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Graduation ceremony of the IDF soldiers

Haredim who do draft, reap the benefits and serve their country

84 Haredi soldiers complete combat training to strengthen security in Judea and Samaria

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Ultra Orthodox men protest mandatory recruitment into the IDF

How Draft Notices Became Toilet Paper 

Why Haredi teens are shaking in their (non-army) boots

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Jewish men study torah at the Yeshivat Hesder Yerucham, in southern Israel, February 20, 2024.

BETRAYERS OF TORAH

WATCH: Haredi Rabbi's condemnation of Hesder Yeshivot rocks Religious World

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Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef during a shaharit prayer in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 17, 2024

Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has spoken

Chief Rabbi tells Yeshiva students: "Tear up IDF draft orders, flush them down the toilet"

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Smotrich, Netanyahu, and Ben Gvir

The public is demanding equality in conscription

Why are Benjamin Netanyahu, Itamar Ben Gvir, and Bezalel Smotrich are in trouble?

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Religious women happy to draft to the IDF

If men won't do it, the women will

With head coverings and skirts: 120 religious women enlisted in the IDF

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