Reservists rejecting refusal: 1,600 officers pen letter to IDF Chief of Staff: We're here

Reserve officers including senior commanders have joined over 1,600 reserve soldiers in signing a letter penned to IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, condemning calls for refusal to report for duty or follow orders as an expression of opposition to the government's program for judicial reform.

"This is an extremely serious and abhorrent development on the part of these reservists," the letter states, "and one which is being promoted, against the interests of the IDF, by inflated and exaggerated media reports."

"An extremist minority is attempting to force its political positions upon others using illegitimate refusal to serve which has no place in the Israel Defense Forces," they add. "To you, the Chief of Staff, we say: We're here. We all condemn these refusals to obey orders with absolute disgust." READ MORE