ISRAEL HAYOM
by Staff
September 15, 2014

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon has ordered IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz to deal with the soldiers who urged insubordination in the Intelligence Corps’ Unit 8200 “as if they were common criminals,” Channel 10 reported Monday.

Speaking at the Fourth International Cybersecurity Conference at Tel Aviv University, Ya’alon said, “Using military service, be it by regular troops or the reserves, for political purposes in unacceptable. It is a felony.”

He deemed the letter published Friday by a group of 43 soldiers as “politically motivated disobedience. I will not allow the military to be used this way,” he said.

Meanwhile, 10 times as many soldiers and commanders from the IDF Intelligence Corps’ Unit 8200 have signed a letter denouncing the claims made by the soldiers, who stated they would refuse to continue serving in their current roles…..

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