War-hardliner Bezalel Smotrich won’t send his own daughter to IDF as Iran threatens to take revenge?

As Israel weighs the risk of being dragged into an Iran conflict if US–Iran nuclear talks in Geneva collapse, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is under fire for saying he would “educate” his own daughter not to serve in the IDF, even as the army pleads for more manpower after years of war. His remarks highlight a long‑running split in Israel’s religious community over women’s military service and fuel accusations that powerful politicians play by a different set of rules than frontline soldiers preparing for a possible new war with Iran. Watch for details