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Israeli Army Takes Heaviest Tank Losses in Over 40 Years as Hezbollah Ambushes Destroy 21 Merkavas in One Day
(militarywatchmagazine.com)
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I would be wary about the troop shortage claim. I suspect they're only saying this to force the ultra orthodox into being conscripted
I guess we'll see, but conscripting ultra orthodox will bring its own problems.
Nah I think it’s still true. Imagine a battalion of ultra orthodox going into Lebanon, they’d get torn apart
They'll have the power of God and anime on their side though
You say you have god on your side, but you’re fighting the literal army of god
Are there... like... millions of ultra orthodox folks? 'Cause if there ain't, all you're doing is poisoning the units that are going to be saddled with people who absolutely don't want to be there and have already fought against the conscription publicly.
I don't know anything about these people in Israel but from what I've seen about these communities in the US holy fuck would I not want to serve with them. Extremely annoying people
ultra-orthodox are something like 15% of israelis/20% of jewish israelis, so about a million and change people. idk what that would translate to in terms of israeli draft/reserve policy but it's not nothing. my understanding is that it's not just about putting more people in uniform, it's also about getting a sizable chunk of people who directly benefit from israeli apartheid and ethnonationalism to put their money where their mouth is.
imagine you're an average, genocidal israeli that does two years of military service bulldozing palestinian houses while hoping not to eat an al ghoul round. during your military term, you're watching the israeli economy crumble and meanwhile you see a bunch of even more genocidal haredi israelis not only getting a pass for military duties but also getting a free ride to study the torah instead of getting real jobs. they're a bunch of fascist welfare leeches.
That makes sense for people outside of the military or at a military desk job, sending people to the front lines who don't want to be there seems more of a liability (unless its just going to be a whole companies of the ultra-orthodox being driven into Hamas ambushes by the non-ultra-orthodox.)