Two soldiers of the Nahshon Battalion who were involved in raising a sign against using IDF soldiers to expel civilians from their homes have been thrown out of the Hesder program which combines IDF service with yeshiva studies in a five year program. The two will be required to do full military service of three years.
The harsh sentence came as a surprise as this is the first time ever that soldiers have been thrown out of the Hesder program. The two soldiers were involved in holding a banner which read "The Nahshon Battalion also does not expel Jews".