Minister from Otzma Yehudit: "I don't want to recruit from Kaplan for combat, in the end he won't get up to charge"

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu from Otzma Yehudit said at an election panel in Tel Aviv that he does not want to recruit protesters from Kaplan for combat, because in his words "in the end he won't get up to charge." Eliyahu called for changing the education system so that people would give their spirit and soul. The remark joins a series of previous controversies by the minister, including a call to drop an atomic bomb on Gaza.

Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu from the Otzma Yehudit party said today (Tuesday) at an election panel at a school in Tel Aviv: "I don't want to recruit someone from Kaplan, let him enlist for combat, and in the end he won't get up to charge." Eliyahu cast doubt on the readiness of anti-government protesters to charge on the battlefield, and added that he wants to change the education system so that people give their spirit and soul. The minister, ranked fourth on the Otzma Yehudit list after Itamar Ben Gvir, was recalled in an article for a series of previous controversial statements: he previously said in a ynet studio that the protests for the release of the hostages create motivation for Hamas, called to define the hostages as captives and treat them only after victory, said on the radio that "all of Gaza will be Jewish," and in November 2023 did not rule out dropping an atomic bomb on Gaza. The current remark joins a series of global controversies by the minister, whose critics claim his statements harm Israeli public diplomacy.

Minister from Otzma Yehudit: "I don't want to recruit from Kaplan for combat, in the end he won't get up to charge"