Conscientious objectors in Israel’s military threaten the foundation of the Jewish state, the army chief of staff said. “The phenomenon of conscientious objectors endangers us and the country,” Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya’alon said Tuesday at a military ceremony in Ashdod. “It endangers Zionism.”
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