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The answer to your question is a resounding āyesā.
In fact, among the 4 members of war cabinet, at least one other has children in active combat units, and ALL cabinet members served in a combat unit as well as had at least one child in active combat duty.
Most children of Israeli politicians are absolutely conscripted to the army, and the public would look very badly on a āfortunate sonā type situation.
Furthermore, thereās an unwritten rule the ultra-orthodox parties do not involve themselves or even voice an opinion on military matters because, and this something often said in Israel, āthey donāt risk their childrenās life in the armyā (the ultra-orthodox are essentially exempt from conscription).
The Israeli Jewish public doesnāt see the Israeli combatants as poor or uneducated āothersā, but as their children, brothers and fathers.
I think thatās a more ethical way of looking at it. However, this also helps explain the seeming lack of consideration for Palestinian life. Take a random person and ask him to choose between risking the life of his kid, who is in active service, in a military operation or throwing bombs and risking harming other civilians. Most people will choose to risk others. And among those whoāll choose to risk their kid, most would either be lying or didnāt really think about the question.
Furthermore, thereās an unwritten rule the ultra-orthodox parties do not involve themselves or even voice an opinion on military matters
Only this isn't true Deri (of Shas and convicted felon) is in the war cabinet for crying out loud.
You are really naive if you think they don't get a say in everything that goes on, and deliberately ignoring reality if you can't admit that there diversion of funds for their own causes and communities has deprived the rest of the country not only of the security it needed on 7.10, but of health and social and community funding for everyone else, for decades.
The amount of power the ultra orthodox hold is obscene.
Also, heās barred from being a minister as per Israeliās supreme court ruling (exactly because heās been convicted with fraud multiple times), so I highly doubt he could be appointed to the war cabinet even in theory.
One could argue that the ultra orthodox parties are active behind the scenes, but thereās no indication of that anywhere. Israel has free press, so this type of thing would probably come out as rumors at the very least (By contrast, there were reports he was the de-facto minister of social services after the supreme court ruling).
Not to diminish the political power they hold, but in this specific case there isnāt any indication they exert said power.
Technically I was raised in a completely non-religious household so I was never myself properly religious but I always found the reasons why that was a thing really interesting.
My grandfather on my Dadās side did a stint in WWII protecting the Vatican as part of the Canadian forces. He never spoke about what actually happened there (because he wasnāt allowed to) but it shook his Catholic foundations to the marrow and was never able to reconcile what happened with his faith. When he returned home he had a massive row with the priest at his church that he left. Half the family disowned him for leaving the church. My father never particularly went to church though his mother remained an Anglican.
On my Motherās side my grandparents made an enemy of the local diocese when they and a bunch of their friends conspired to run a priest out of town for being a complete asshole to children publicly and a child molester privately. My grandmother basically swapped to playing organ at another smaller church but the rest of the family became very agnostic and really didnāt want to expose their kids to the faith.
So I basically wasnāt raised with faith because three generations back everybody in my family had a religious crisisā¦ And I am SO glad you have no idea.
Everybody is mandatory drafted in Israel except ultra orthodox jews and arabs. Being a politicianās family isnāt on that list. And also its very common. All politicians at some point either serve or served at the army, including their children. It just so happened that someone who died is also the son of the one who calls the shots about the war.
Mandatory service doesn't mean they don't get cushy jobs (if they want them) though.
Yair Netanyahu was never going anywhere near the front lines (he was in the Spokesperson's Unit), and nor do many other children-of (not only politicians of course, but they do have a lot of influence), they get jobs at headquarters or some other nice safe place, the military bands/entertainment units are notoriously where many a nepo-baby has got their start..
This is kinda more what Iām obliquely referring to. Like, not like John F Kennedy who seems to have literally been involved in dangerous shit that got him significantly injured
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