01:06 AM • June 04 2026 IDT
Today's Israeli military is awash in religious coercion and missionary zeal, part of a years-long process. Only extreme cases make headlines (imprisoning female soldiers for lighting a barbecue on Shabbat). But the real story is in the day-to-day: The messages that soldiers and parents send me describe an intolerable situation.
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