11 March 2024
Dear Editor,
Today, if Israeli Muslims can join the Israeli Defence Force voluntarily and fight and die just as bravely alongside their Sabra and other Jewish brothers and sisters in arms when defending Israel, then I’m sure there must be close to 500,000 Haredi Jewish men, out of the world’s almost 2 million Haredim Jews, who could fight for Israel’s, and ultimately the rest of Judean-Christian-based Western society’s, very existence!
And any “We do not fight” Haredim having doubts should look into the fact that apart from Israel’s hundreds of millions of traditional Middle Eastern enemies, Israel today faces the combined might of ever-tentacle-spreading, totalitarian Red China; despotic Putin-led Russia; and third-generation-crazy-coot-led North Korea, all so very greatly aiding and abetting said hundreds of millions of traditional enemies of tiny Israel, providing some 1.2 million Haredis’ cossetted/insulated existence from serious, hard-work-building/maintaining Israel’s economy….let alone any violent/forceful/frontline-armed, defence of Israel (and the free world)!
Yours,
Howard Hutchins
Victoria, Australia
“…in the wake of October 7, thousands of Haredi men have signed up for military service, and many more Haredim have undergone their own mobilization — setting up aid operations to help soldiers and embattled communities alike. That mass eagerness to contribute, Haredim say, comes from a culture of mutual aid in Haredi society as well as a historical identification.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-war-spurs-thousands-of-haredi-israelis-to-volunteer-cook-and-serve-in-the-idf/