Itamar Ben Gvir wants to change the IDF - as Defense Minister: "Subject to the law and the government"

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir reveals a plan to change the IDF's values if appointed Defense Minister: abolishing the concept of "purity of arms", removing the prohibition on harming non-combatants and prisoners, and replacing universal moral values with principles from Jewish tradition.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has published a plan to change the IDF's values, intended for his entry into the position of Defense Minister. The plan abolishes the concept of "purity of arms" and replaces it with "righteousness of arms", while adding the rule "if someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first". Additionally, the explicit prohibition on harming non-combatants and prisoners is removed, and the reference to "universal moral values" is deleted. The IDF's goal is redefined as "striving for victory and defeating the enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people", with an emphasis on Jewish moral values from the Bible, Hebrew law, and the nation's tradition. Ben Gvir emphasizes the definition of the state as a Jewish national home and the IDF as a "Jewish, national army".

Itamar Ben Gvir wants to change the IDF - as Defense Minister: "Subject to the law and the government"