July 9, 2013
OBLIGATORY NAZI REFERENCE:
Haredi IDF Soldiers Ostracized by Community (Romy Zipken, July 8, 2013, Tablet)
Hardline members of the ultra-Orthodox community in Israel have launched a propaganda-filled campaign against mandatory Haredi conscription, taking aim at young members of the ultra-Orthodox community who have enlisted voluntarily. The flyers and billboards call the Haredim who enlist Hardakim, which combines the word Haredi with the Hebrew word for bacteria and insects, haydakim, the Times of Israel reports. The posters, some have argued, invoke imagery not unlike the kind used by the Nazis during World War II, portraying IDF soldiers with hook noses chasing after innocent Haredi youths.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 9, 2013 5:29 AM
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