Zamir says that ‘discipline has eroded’ in recent wars, warns ‘IDF must not compromise our values’
ed note–as usual, we could engage in an entire library’s worth of discussion and discovery on this, but in the interests of not overloading the already-overburdened Gentile attention span, will try and keep this as ‘short & sweet’ as possible.
Despite Zamir being a Jew who is as disposed towards lying as water is wet and fire is hot, nevertheless, there is a small, in fact, sub-atomic sized morsel of truth in what he is saying.
Not that the IDF ‘respects’ others’ religions, (and ESPECIALLY not Christianity or its cousin, Islam) but rather, that soldiers doing things such as smashing statues of Jesus Christ in such a PUBLIC way is where the ‘violation of ethics’ occurs.
Having said all of that, let us examine for just a few seconds EXACTLY what ‘Jewish values’ COMMAND with regards to ‘other’ religions and what is to be done, to wit–
‘When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess and drives out the many nations larger and stronger than you, and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. Do not save alive anything that breathes…Do not intermarry with them…Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons…Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and put the idols holy to them to the torch, for you are a people holy to the Lord your God who has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession…’ Book of Deuteronomy
Ergo, ladies and Gentile-men…
Jews must, just as they always have, operate in the shadows like the vampires that they are. Absolute secrecy as to who they really are and what they are really about is paramount, because the moment that the Gentiles become ‘wise’ to their ways, inevitably come those bearing sharp wooden stakes and wooden hammers in putting an end to the reign of terror that has been their existence up to that point.
Like the pic above featuring the alligator in the fancy suit, likewise the Jews must cloak themselves behind false values as to who they really are, and Zamir’s comments regarding the IDF are no different.
Times of Israel
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir told senior officers on Monday that the military has seen discipline erode in Israel’s multi-front war over recent years, listing a number of incidents in which Israeli soldiers have behaved in ways that he described as a ‘rebellion’ against the army’s values.
Among many issues, he denounced reports of theft and looting in Lebanon, the destruction of a statue of Jesus that prompted international outcry, and the trend of soldiers wearing unauthorized badges and patches bearing religious, messianic, political, and inciteful messages.
‘The unethical incidents we have seen are the product of a long and complex period, but that does not justify them. We must not compromise on our values. The erosion of norms could be no less dangerous than operational threats,’ he said, while speaking at a conference of the IDF’s senior command staff.
During the conference, Zamir displayed a picture of a soldier wearing a patch that read ‘Stop the hatred. It is time for violence,’ and asked the participants, ‘Is this the army you want? If there is even one person who thinks this reflects IDF values, stand up now.’
‘This is not a minor incident. This is a rebellion against IDF values,’ he said.
Zamir said that the ‘phenomenon of looting, if it exists, is disgraceful and could stain the entire IDF,’ after Haaretz reported last week that there has been widespread looting by Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon, where many residents have fled their homes amidst the fighting.
‘If such incidents occurred, we will investigate them,’ he said, adding that ‘I am not willing for us to become an army of looters.’
The IDF recently punished soldiers who took part in the smashing of a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, and said it was investigating a video of soldiers damaging solar panels. During his address, Zamir showed a widely circulated picture of the crucifix being smashed.
The statue incident caused international outrage, and the IDF dismissed from combat service the soldier who destroyed the figure, as well as the serviceman who filmed him, also jailing them both.
As a gesture, the military replaced the damaged statue in the Christian village of Debel with a new one.
Zamir also said that soldiers, both in the standing army and reserves, ‘must not use social media as a tool to spread controversial messages or for self-promotion.’
‘This is a red line that must not be crossed, and those who do so will be dealt with disciplinarily,’ he said. Soldiers are rarely punished for posting content online, although videos posted by IDF soldiers have at times circulated widely and led to efforts by pro-Palestinian activists to prosecute them abroad.
In a press release issued by the IDF on Zamir’s speech, there was no mention of any remarks from the chief of staff regarding the military’s failure to tackle spiraling Jewish terrorism in the West Bank. Zamir last month issued a sharp condemnation of settler violence, calling attacks against Palestinian civilians and soldiers in the West Bank ‘morally and ethically unacceptable’ and a major strategic threat.
Zamir says IDF ready for ‘a return to intense fighting in all sectors’
On operational matters, Zamir said that the IDF will likely remain fighting on multiple fronts throughout 2026, an assessment he has also made previously. The IDF has fought on several fronts since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war in Gaza. Ceasefires are currently in effect in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, although the latter two are considered fragile.
‘Since October 7, the IDF has been engaged in combat, in an ongoing multi-front campaign. We continue to be prepared and on alert for a return to intense fighting in all sectors. 2026 may continue to be a year of combat on each of the fronts,’ he said.
He also said that the IDF urgently needs more troops: ‘In light of the growing burden of missions on the IDF in the coming years, the urgent need facing the State of Israel is to increase the number of those serving and fighting, and we will insist on this.’
A bill under consideration in the Knesset would preserve blanket exemptions from conscription for most Haredi men. While its supporters say it will draw more Haredim to the IDF, the bill has drawn criticism for not significantly increasing draft numbers and for preserving a disparity in who is obligated to enlist in the army.