Parents Blast IDF Over Punishment For Wearing Mashiach Patch
Parents of soldiers serving in the Nahal Brigade responded to the sentence handed down to the soldier who was caught by the IDF Chief of Staff wearing a “Mashiach” patch on his uniform.
In a strongly written letter addressed to Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Nahal Brigade Commander Colonel Arik Moyal, the parents demanded that the 30-day jail sentence, which they referred to as “draconian,” be overturned.
In their letter, the parents stress that the soldier is a hero who just returned from the battlefields in Lebanon, and that punishing him for a symbol of Jewish faith is a critical blow to the fighting spirit and the foundations of the Jewish people’s tradition.
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