Rabbis affiliated with Israeli kibbutzim came out against calls for religious Israeli soldiers to refuse to evacuate settlements. “We call on religious Zionist rabbis not to involve the Israel Defense Forces in the dispute on the disengagement plan, despite the opposition to it,” the kibbutz rabbis said Tuesday in an open letter to residents of Gush Katif, one of 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip slated for removal next year.
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