Moshe Feiglin: If PM Intends to Abandon Settlers, Leave them their Fair Share of Military and Financial Means to Defend Themselves

The share of the settlers in Israel’s security – in blood and money – is greater than that of any other sector in Israel’s population. As is widely known, there are a disproportionately large number of soldiers from the settlements fighting in combat and elite units. What is less widely known is that the settlers are the most economically productive sector in Israel – the true middle class. As such, their share  in taxes paid to the State, which trickle down to the military budget – is proportionately the highest in Israel.

The idea of abandoning them to the thugs of the PLO and Hamas is evil and cruel. But if someone means this seriously, it is only right that the settler’s proportional part in the IDF be left in their hands, so that they can defend themselves.