الميثاق الأخلاقي للجيش – تغييرات

Changes to the IDF ethical code ("IDF Spirit"), as the party presents them

• •Significant changes to the IDF ethical code, meant to strengthen the army's Jewish identity and emphasize the value of victory in battle and the war against enemies.
• •According to Minister Ben Gvir's plan for the post of Defense Minister, the IDF's purpose is redefined first and foremost as striving for victory over and the defeat of the enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
• •The army's sources of values are expanded, with a central emphasis on Jewish moral values based on the Bible, Jewish ethics, Hebrew law and the people's tradition through the generations, alongside defining the state as a Jewish national home and defining the IDF as a "Jewish, statist army".

The "purity of arms" clause, as the party describes the change

• •One of the prominent changes concerns the "purity of arms" clause, which will be abolished and replaced by "righteousness of arms", to which the explicit determination is added that the morality before the soldier's eyes when carrying out the mission is the basic rule of "if someone comes to kill you, rise early and kill him first".
• •On the other hand, wording that limited IDF fighters "only to the extent required" was removed from the ethical code, and the detail prohibiting harm to "the uninvolved" and to prisoners was omitted.
• •In addition, the mention of "universal moral values", which appeared in the previous version, was deleted entirely.

The IDF's new values, as worded in the post

• •The IDF's purpose is victory and the defeat of the enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people, and safeguarding the security of the state, its citizens and its residents.
• •Love of the Jewish people and the Land of Israel, and loyalty to the state. At the foundation of IDF service stand love of the Jewish people and the homeland, and commitment and devotion to the State of Israel – a Jewish state that is a democratic national home for the Jewish people – to its citizens and residents.
• •Human dignity. The IDF and its soldiers are committed to safeguarding human dignity. Every person has a value that is not conditioned on origin, religion, nationality, sex, status or role.
• •Statism. The IDF is the people's army, a Jewish, statist army, subject to the authority of the law and the government. IDF soldiers will act with only the mission, the IDF's values and the security of the state first before their eyes, and will do so with integrity, objectivity and representativeness.