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The cultural war brewing inside the IDF

Statements by leading Zionist-Orthodox rabbis against gays and in support of the exclusion of women from the army reflect the growing war of culture waged in Israel, between liberals and those who aspire for a more Jewish-religious state.

An Israeli army rabbi blesses a soldier who just returned from Lebanon to north of Israel near the Israeli-Lebanon border August 11, 2006.     REUTERS/Petr Josek (ISRAEL) - RTR1GAH4
An Israeli army rabbi blesses a soldier who just returned from Lebanon to the north of Israel, near the Israeli-Lebanon border, Aug. 11, 2006. — REUTERS/Petr Josek

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