And your camp must be holy (Devarim 23:15 = Deuteronomy 23:14).
Engagements
Israel–Hamas war
Website
idf.il/kfir-brigade
Commanders
Current commander
Lt. Col. Shlomo Shiran[1]
Military unit
The 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion (Hebrew: גדוד נצח יהודה, transl. 'Judah's Victory Battalion'), previously known as Nahal Haredi (הנחל החרדי) is a controversial[2][3][4] battalion in the Kfir Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces. The purpose of the unit is to allow Haredi Jewish men to serve as combat soldiers in the Israeli military by creating an atmosphere conducive to their religious convictions in the strict observance of Halakha.[5]
Since the unit's creation, it has attracted many members of an extreme religious-nationalist settler group called the Hilltop Youth who are infamous for establishing illegal outposts on Palestinian land that have no legal basis in Israeli law.[6] In recent years, the Netzah Yehuda battalion has experienced at least a half-dozen controversial cases involving its soldiers, resulting in jail time, discharge, or harsh criticism for assaulting or killing innocent Palestinians.[7] In December 2022, Netzah Yehuda was removed by the IDF from its traditional posting in the West Bank to a border posting in the Golan Heights where the unit would be less exposed to Palestinians.[8][9]
^"The Haredi battalion leaves Judea and Samaria and moves to the north". 3 November 2022.
^"Israel's controversial ultra-orthodox battalion: Netzah Yehuda Explained". WION. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^"Who are the 'Netzah Yehuda'? US move to sanction IDF battalion irks Israel". The Week. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
^"US set to impose sanctions on Israeli military unit over alleged human rights abuses". Financial Times. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^Zitun, Yoav (17 December 2018). "A Haredi battalion in the eye of the storm". Ynetnews. Archived from the original on 13 February 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^"U.S. expected to sanction IDF unit for human rights violations in occupied West Bank".
^Jeremy Bob, Yonah (21 April 2024). "US, Netzach Yehuda, ICC train wreck: When America tried to walk a tightrope and missed – analysis". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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withdrawal. On 4 April IDF 7643rd Gefen Brigade (Gaza Division) and NetzahYehudaBattalion (900th Kfir Brigade, 99th Reserve Division) continued re-clearing...
Israel, with a total of over 8,500 students. Haim Drukman Midrasha NetzahYehudaBattalion Sherut Leumi Torato Omanuto – The special arrangement for Ultra-Orthodox...
serving in the NetzahYehudaBattalion; he was a graduate of the Battalion's first Platoon Commanders' Course, and served in the Battalion's Negev Defenders'...
later inspired his single "Mother". Ben-Ari served in the IDF's NetzahYehudaBattalion for a year and eight months. Prior to a full-time music career...
volunteered to serve in a Haredi Jewish unit of the IDF known as the NetzahYehudaBattalion, or Nahal Haredi. The vast majority of Haredi men, however, continue...
Era. Harvard University Press: 35–36. Landerer, Chaim (2009). "R Shlomo Yehuda Rapoport (Shir), Champion of Jewish Unity in the Modern Era" (PDF). Ellenson...
small numbers volunteer to serve in the IDF, especially in the NetzahYehudaBattalion. The exemption lapsed on August 1, 2012, after being struck down...
framework developed by Rav Yehuda Amital, combining Torah study and military service Nahal Haredi - the IDF's NetzahYehudaBattalion, which facilitates Haredi...
supported the idea of weak yeshiva students being drafted to the NetzahYehudaBattalion, a religious section of the Israel Defense Forces. Don Segal inquired...
called for dismantling an army unit with a history of abuses (NetzahYehudaBattalion), saying it is killing Palestinians “for no real reason.” Michaeli's...
Hesder - combining the Torah study practice and military service. NetzahYehudaBattalion 2013 Israeli protests "Lexicon of Terms: Tal Commission". The Knesset...
and Yeshivat Kedumim. He completed his military service in the NetzahYehudaBattalion. He is married to Nurit Fuchs Kidron. In 2007, Kidron built a memorial...
the option of serving in the 97th "NetzahYehuda" Infantry Battalion. This unit is a standard IDF infantry battalion focused on the Jenin region. To facilitate...
ISBN 978-965-05-0695-7. Pa'il, Meir (1982). "The Infantry Brigades". In Yehuda Schiff (ed.). IDF in Its Corps: Army and Security Encyclopedia (in Hebrew)...
a step that they had been avoiding for decades. The Hareidi battalion, "NetzahYehuda", was established in February 1999. After a rotation with MK Michael...
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