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'We will enlist and die' vs 'we will die and not enlist'

Secular Israelis can be forgiven for fuming at ultra-Orthodox Jews' disdain for equality when it comes to the draft, but their own willingness to die in vain in a foolish war is even worse

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Secular Israelis can be forgiven for fuming at ultra-Orthodox Jews' disdain for equality when it comes to the draft, but their own willingness to die in vain in a foolish war is even worse

Gideon Levy

05:08 AM • June 07 2026 IDT

Facing the ultra-Orthodox commandment "We will die and not enlist" is the secular Zionist one: "We will enlist and die."

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