/ 2025 / … Benjamin Netanyahu is now so desperate for soldiers he’s begging foreign Jews to sign up and commit genocide for him. Right, so Israel likes to call the IDF not just the “most moral army,” but a “people’s army.” These days it looks more like an army without many people though, or certainly nowhere near enough. Benjamin Netanyahu is begging exhausted reservists to keep fighting, waving unenforceable draft orders at ultra-Orthodox Jews who would rather be dragged to prison than into Gaza, and now — in a gesture that borders on parody frankly and very much speaks to Netanyahu’s desperation even as he orders his under strength forces into Gaza City to commit yet more genocide — he has now been floating the idea of recruiting American and French teenagers to fill his ranks. For Benjamin Netanyahu, this is not about defending the nation but defending himself: every day the war drags on is another day his corruption trial risks being kicked further down the road. But when the people’s army has no people, when Jews at home and abroad alike refuse to serve, the mask slips. What is exposed is not strength or unity, but a hollow state clinging to ideology, making a mockery of the faith the state is supposedly founded on and militarism, desperate enough to conscript frankly anybody they can possibly get at this point. Right, so for decades Israel has cultivated this image of itself as a nation in arms, a small state that survived in a hostile region because its people were bound together in service, succeeding, because they were God’s Chosen People. The Israel Defence Forces were more than an army. They were a cultural institution, a crucible in which generations of Israelis were socialised into national identity. ►SOURCES: PRESS TV: Facing troop shortages, Israel eyes recruitment from US and France MIDDLE EAST EYE: Israeli army considers recruitment drive targeting Jewish youth abroad ANADOLU AGENCY: Israeli army mulls recruiting Jewish youth from abroad amid soldier shortage; Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest compulsory military service in Tel Aviv ALL ISRAEL NEWS: Due to shortage of soldiers caused by ultra-Orthodox draft issue, Israel considers diaspora recruitment drive REUTERS: As Netanyahu expands Gaza war, some reservists grow more disillusioned; Netanyahu under mounting political pressure after party quits THE NEW YORKER: The Israeli Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Gaza FT: Israel’s ‘forever war’ stretches IDF to the limit YNET: Haredim, police clash during protest on major highway: ‘The state will get prisoners, not soldiers’ TIMES OF ISRAEL: Haredi leaders call for global day of prayer, fasting to protest arrest of draft dodgers; IDF says it will issue 54,000 draft notices to ultra-Orthodox men this month JERUSALEM POST: ‘Israel has declared war on Torah scholars’: Haredi leaders call for global protest AP: Netanyahu’s government could collapse over Israel’s ultra-Orthodox military draft law **Subscribe to the channel here**https://www.youtube.com/KernowDamo?su… ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I’m Damien Willey. I’m a former welder, but now I’m a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on / socialisttelly ) I’m an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that are associated with that living in Tory Britain – both blue Tories and red ones – and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: damien.willey@outlook.com ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit linktr.ee/KernowDamo to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you’d like to see what I get up to elsewhere, you can also find links to my presence elsewhere at linktr.ee/KernowDamo Damo Rants Kernow Damo news,gaza,israel,iran,Israel News,palestine,Netanyahu,syria,world news,IDF,Jewish Diaspora,International Relations,Jewish Identity,Military Recruitment,Foreign Relations,Israel Defense Forces,Defense Strategy,Middle East Conflict,benjamin netanyahu,haredim,idf recruitment,idf protests,ultra orthodox protests,diaspora jews,jewish voice for peace,ifnotnow,bezalel smotrich,iamar ben gvir,united torah judaism,shas,kernow damo,kernowdamo,bds,israel news
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