Posted on 08/14/2010 9:44:31 PM PDT by citizenredstater9271
Young soldier Chaim Yehudah Greenwold has been sent to jail for a third time over his refusal to leave Har Bracha yeshiva. His mother, Rivka Greenwold, spoke to Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service and called on the IDF to put an end to the Har Bracha battle and release her son.
Greenwald enlisted in the IDF under the Hesder program, which allows soldiers to combine active service with Torah studies, with the understanding that his Torah study would take place in Har Bracha. However, Defense Minister Ehud Barak later removed Har Bracha from the list of approved Hesder yeshivas due to the public stance of its dean, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, regarding the expulsion of Jews from their homes; Rabbi Melamed refused to condemn IDF soldiers who protested the expulsion of Jews by the army while in active service.
Rivka Greenwald said her son had been offered a chance to enlist in a different yeshiva, or to leave the hesder program and complete his IDF service in a different track, but that he is sticking to principle. “We respect his decision, and we think he took a very brave step,” she said.
Chaim's commanding officers have shown respect for his principled stand, she said. However, a handful of people have stood in the way of getting Chaim released.
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So I guess the families who lived there for centuries, minding their own business and farming their own land, are expendable. Even the Christian families.
This story is not about Xtians.
If you mean “Palestinians” then no. “Palestinians” are the invaders. The Jews have ALWAYS lived in Judea and Samaria. Those places aren’t Christian either.
Ever read the Book of Joshua?
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