Only 9% Of Zionist Orthodox Israelis Say Orthodox Soldiers Must Obey Orders

A majority of Zionist Orthodox Israelis believe that Israel Defense Forces soldiers must disobey orders to evacuate Jewish communities in the West Bank.

'Religious troops must refuse evacuation'
Survey finds majority of national-religious public believes religious soldiers should not obey order to clear Jewish communities in West Bank
Ynet

A majority of the national-religious public believes that religious Israel Defense Forces soldiers must not obey an order to evacuate Jewish communities in the West Bank, according to a survey conducted ahead of the Jerusalem Conference held in the capital last week.

Nonetheless, less than one-fifth of this public says the Land of Israel and settlement issue should be the top priority of a united Zionist-religious party.

The survey was conducted by the Maagar Mochot research institute for religious-rightist newspaper Besheva among 566 respondents – a representative sample of the adult national-religious population in Israel. The maximum sampling error was 4.5%.

The poll's questions dealt with issues of "Judaism, State and modernization", which were discussed during the Jerusalem Conference sponsored by the paper.

The first question was, "If the government were to order the IDF to evacuate Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, what do you think religious soldiers serving in the IDF should do?"

Fifty-eight percent of the respondents said the religious soldiers must avoid evacuating communities: According to 30%, the soldiers must openly refuse to execute the order, while 28% said they must not obey the order quietly.

Eighteen percent believe religious soldiers must find a way out of the mission, and take part in it only if they fail to find such a way. Only 9% said the troops must obey the order. The rest of the respondents did not answer the question.

And how should Judea and Samaria's residents act in case of an evacuation? Thirty-six percent support resistance which would be much stronger than during the disengagement from Gaza, 33% said the resistance must be legal, 16% believe the resistance must be similar to resistance demonstrated in Gush Katif (which was mostly legal and in some communities criminal), and only 2% are in favor of accepting the evacuation without any resistance.
         
Moving on to politics, 50% of the respondents said education, society and welfare should be the top priorities of a united national-religious party. Only 19% put the Land of Israel and Judea and Samaria settlement issue as a top priority, while 11% favored the relationship between state and religion. The rest (20%) chose other options or had no opinion.

Comments

[Jtb]

Yep, the poll is absolutely true...why, just the other day the Manka"l ordered me to peel potatos in the kitchen and I absolutely refused, 'cause them taters had been evacuated from Judea and Samaria!

[who knows]

Destroying their own homes? There own communities? What else do you expect them to say? Good they are talking about refusal of orders and not active resistance.

[Maskil]

Headline should read:

9% Of Zionist Orthodox Israelis on Highway to Hell

Lousy turncoats. They would have cooperated with the Romans too, and would likely have followed orders as Capos in the '40s.

[BronxJew]

If I support the State and serve in the IDF I deserve to not be made homeless, or be forced to make fellow jews homeless. I understand the Zionist Orthodox position. And I agree with it.

[nobody]

Baruch Hashem! That 91% should really be 99.9%, but still it could be a lot worse.

[masortiman]

"According to 30%, the soldiers must openly refuse to execute the order, while 28% said they must not obey the order quietly.

Eighteen percent believe religious soldiers must find a way out of the mission, and take part in it only if they fail to find such a way. Only 9% said the troops must obey the order. The rest of the respondents did not answer the question"

thats really 27% - the 18% if I read that right, want the soldiers to find a LEGAL way out, and to obey orders otherwise.

As for the rest, well this is an abstract scenarios - evacuate the settlements, for nothing in particular, to those folks who are killing us in Itamar, and trying to in Jerusalem and the south.

In reality the settlements in the west bank wont be evacuated until there is a deal, one which includes recognition of Israel by almost all the remaining arab states, one which includes the annexation to Israel of the seam line settlements, one which finally gets rid of the palestinian "right of return" The attitudes may be a bit different in that context.