Ben-Gvir, eyeing Defense Ministry, vows to rewrite IDF ethics code

Otzma Yehudit Party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Thursday that as defense minister, he would propose a "dramatic change" to the Israel Defense Forces' code of ethics and replace the value of "purity of arms" with "righteousness of arms."Ben-Gvir is campaigning to become defense minister after the Oct. 27 Knesset election. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Army Radio on Wednesday that the portfolio should stay with his Likud Party."IDF soldiers need to go into battle knowing that they are fighting a just war," Ben-Gvir, who currently serves as the Jewish state's national security minister, wrote on X in Hebrew.He said troops' guiding rule should be the Talmudic teaching of "if someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first."Ben-Gvir said he would also remove the language limiting the use of force "only to the extent necessary." He would delete the passage barring harm to noncombatants and prisoners…

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