Deuteronomy 6:18
Posted on 02/16/2006 6:33:15 AM PST by Esther Ruth
Female Soldier Punished for Talking With Yesha Girls 16:05 Feb 16, '06 / 18 Shevat 5766 By Hana Levi Julian
A female IDF soldier has been disciplined for answering a group of girls who criticized soldiers. The incident in question occurred as they rode together on a civilian bus towards Beit El.
The soldier was talking with a group of girls who were returning from last week's demonstration in Jerusalem protesting the vicious manner in which the Amona outpost had been evacuated.
The soldier was warned by a female IDF officer, who was also on the bus, not to talk to the girls. The soldier ignored the warning and continued her conversation. She told the officer that there was no rule against talking with residents of Yesha and that she was in favor of doing so.
“They are human beings just as we are,” she told the officer. “They are not enemies who have turned against the Jewish people.”
The officer filed a formal complaint against the soldier, who was tried by the Binyamin Brigade commander and confined to the base.
The IDF told reporters that the soldier acted against orders forbidding “confrontational conversations" with residents of Yesha.
Published: 14:02 February 16, 2006 Last Update: 16:05 February 16, 2006
Ummm -- OK.
Israeli Cat Fight
( popcorn anyone)
She should be doing her job, not having a coffee klatsch with the civilians.
Deuteronomy 6:18
Yep, it's hard to beat the crap out of people you like.
Make sure it's kosher popcorn.
How can an army maintain discipline in such circumstances?
"Yesha, that's my baby, No sir, don't mean maybe..."
That begs the question of why the order was given in the first place.
Is the government of Israel wrong to disband settlements? Of course it is.
Does that authorize soldiers to spend their onshift time having theological and political discussions? Not by any stretch of the imagination.
Israel is a democratic country and the settlers should spend their time convincing their fellow countrymen not to abandon land that is theirs by divine right. Distracting soldiers who have real work to do is counterproductive.
if you want to change soldiers' assignments, change the government that employs them.
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Maybe my momma never taught me how to goose step, darn.
That's relevant to the soldier receiving the order, but not to us. From what I read, the order seemed corrosive to the relationship between their army and the people they are supposed to serve and protect.
Well put. Thank you.
Given the hatred that exist between certain people in the government against the religious in Israel, how can you be sure that it was as simple as you say?
Was the soldier punished for a failure to follow orders or "fraternizing with the enemy"?
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