United Torah Judaism MK Yitzhak Pindrus drew outrage in the public sphere on Monday over comments he made about higher IDF casualties among soldiers from the National-Religious sector of Israeli society. "I can't look them in the eye. But I see the price they pay by leaving the religion," Pindrus said.
חבר הכנסת יצחק פינדרוס על הציבור הדתי לאומי ומחיר השכול: "אני רואה את המחיר שהם משלמים ביציאה מהדת, וזו התשובה לשאלה למה אני לא נמצא שם" pic.twitter.com/kQMNNxIO0D
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Pindrus made this statement while at a conference at the Israel Democracy Institute and said it was for this reason that the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) public doesn't do military service, adding, "That's the answer to the question of why I'm not there," he said, according to Israeli media.