28-07-2024, 07:33 PM
Citing safety concerns, IDF vows to halt gear donations to soldiers – even from parents
While military says donations go ‘against the values of the Israel Defense Forces,’ the nonprofit ‘Unit 11741’ says it will provide legal assistance to soldiers prosecuted. For nearly a year, American Jews have flooded Israel with donations for soldiers fighting in Gaza, even as the Israel Defense Forces said such supplies were not needed.
Now, the Israeli military has announced a crackdown against the flow of unauthorized donations, setting up a potential showdown with some of its most generous supporters. Tamir Yadai, the general commanding Israel’s ground forces, has ordered “utmost enforcement and maximum punishment” to combat the donations, according to a memo released on Monday.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-saf...m-parents/
While military says donations go ‘against the values of the Israel Defense Forces,’ the nonprofit ‘Unit 11741’ says it will provide legal assistance to soldiers prosecuted. For nearly a year, American Jews have flooded Israel with donations for soldiers fighting in Gaza, even as the Israel Defense Forces said such supplies were not needed.
Now, the Israeli military has announced a crackdown against the flow of unauthorized donations, setting up a potential showdown with some of its most generous supporters. Tamir Yadai, the general commanding Israel’s ground forces, has ordered “utmost enforcement and maximum punishment” to combat the donations, according to a memo released on Monday.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/citing-saf...m-parents/