Rabbi Col. Eyal Karim, who was announced on Monday as the IDF's intended new chief rabbi, has provoked controversy with previous misogynistic statements, such as opposing female conscription and implying that rape was permissible in times of war.
There's lots of nauseating comments of this type against the goyim that are regularly pronounced by the orthodox and fundamentalist Jews. It's one of the main reasons I've cooled down on my support of Israel over the last few years. Netanayahu's coalition gave way to much political power to these kinds of a-holes and they're using it to wreck Israel's secularism. With people like this saying these things it's more a case of supporting Israel only because they're still kind of (for now) the lesser evil compared to the Islamic one, and not because they're a so-called "beacon in the darkness" anymore.
I don't get this guy's rational. Specifically, I don't see how rape is okay but conscripting women for war isn't?
Either you are okay with women being a part of war, and therefore being casualties of war (rape, death, maimed, etc.) or you aren't. I know this will piss some people off, but I don't believe women should be a part of war and am entirely disgusted with the idea of them being casualties in war. Wars should be fought to prevent rape, not include it.
"xerxes" said Agree. Some of the ultra-orthodox Jews are no different from the Taliban. Hell, they make their women wear even more carpets than the Taliban do.
I guess it comes down to the general idea the religious extremism from any quarter results in the is kind of nauseating comments which is why we need a secular world.
He needs to be removed.
Either you are okay with women being a part of war, and therefore being casualties of war (rape, death, maimed, etc.) or you aren't. I know this will piss some people off, but I don't believe women should be a part of war and am entirely disgusted with the idea of them being casualties in war. Wars should be fought to prevent rape, not include it.
Agree. Some of the ultra-orthodox Jews are no different from the Taliban. Hell, they make their women wear even more carpets than the Taliban do.