Messiah patch

After a wave of public protest and calls to cancel his sentence, the Nahal soldier who was jailed for wearing a patch reading "Mashiach" has been released. His sentence was shortened by the head of Southern Command and further reduced for good behavior during his imprisonment.

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chair MK Boaz Bismuth slammed IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir over a 30-day prison sentence given to a Nahal soldier who wore a "Messiah" patch. Speaking with the soldier’s parents, he said, "The punishment is disproportionate, wrong, and unjust."