Maj. Gen. David Zini, who led the establishment of the Chareidi Chashmonim Brigade, spoke at a recent conference, responding to criticism from Chareidim about the army’s failure to meet its commitments. Zini confirmed that the IDF did not meet the commitments it made to Chareidim. “We earned the criticism fairly,” he said. He emphasized: “Every track in the IDF that I checked, and I don’t want to say that I checked them all but I checked the vast majority of them, we did not fully meet what we committed to the Charedim. A Chareidi who comes and says: ‘The IDF did not meet its commitments along the way’ – we earned this statement fairly.” “Educators or leaders in the Chareidi community will say: ‘You are talking, but in practice you are not living up to your commitments’ – there is truth to that.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)