Liberman: 'If the ultra-Orthodox block highways in this heat, they'll make excellent soldiers'

Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Liberman condemned the use of yellow stars at a protest against the arrest of draft dodgers, calling it a disgrace. He said that if draft dodgers can block highways in the heat, they will make excellent soldiers, and after the elections on October 27, they will join the army.

Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Liberman criticized the use of yellow stars—a symbol of the Holocaust—at a protest against the arrest of draft dodgers. He stated that when the memory of the Holocaust is devalued, IDF soldiers are attacked, and incitement against the state and the army occurs, it is not a protest but a disgrace. Liberman also noted that he does not expect condemnation from the government of draft dodgers, which has already capitulated many times to its natural allies. He added that if draft dodgers are capable of blocking highways in such heat, they will make excellent soldiers, and after October 27 (the date of the Knesset elections), they will not have time for such actions; they will join the army.