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IDF Soldiers Who Refused Hevron Eviction Orders to be Awarded
by Ezra HaLevi
(IsraelNN.com) The IDF soldiers who
refused to take part
in the destruction of the Hevron Jewish Community’s Shalhevet neighborhood
are being awarded by activist groups for their moral bravery.
Simultaneously, as the IDF awards citations for soldiers who served in
the Second Lebanon War on Sunday, Rabbis and the Committee to Save the
Nation and the Land will award moral citations to soldiers who recently
refused to act against the Jewish families who were forcibly removed from
Jewish-owned property in Hevron.
Posters declaring a “Salute to the Heroes” have been plastered around the
country, “inviting the public to an awards ceremony for the distribution of
citations of bravery and excellence for the heroic soldiers, prisoners of
Zion, who out of self-sacrifice sanctified the name of Heaven publicly when
they chose obedience to the laws of the Torah and refused to carry out the
criminal expulsion orders in Hevron.”
The event is taking place in the community of Beit Horon, on Highway 443
between Jerusalem and Modi’in. It is being organized by Rabbi David Wolpe of
the Committtee to Save the Nation and the Land and was welcomed by Rabbi
Micha Peled, the rabbi of Beit Horon. Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba and the
Yesha Rabbinic Council, as well as Professor Ezra Zohar, will deliver
addresses on the topic of refusal.
Rabbi Wolpe told Arutz-7 he hopes no such awards are necessary in the
future, but that as long as the government decides to send soldiers to
perform political tasks that run counter to Jewish morals and ethics,
refusal is a badge of honor. He believes awarding and honoring those who had
the courage the go to jail for their beliefs will make the phenomenon much
more widespread
in the event of a future attempt to evict Jews from parts of the Land of
Israel.
Atty. Eran Hermoni of the Labor Party’s Young Guard has petitioned
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz to prosecute the organizers of the event,
saying it constitutes rebellion against the state.
The dinner will take place on September 2, at 8 PM, in Beit Horon’s
community center. For more information, call 050 382 7660
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