MK Moti Yogev (Bayit Hayehudi) commented on the verbal abuse being rained down on the new IDF Chief Rabbi Eyal Karim:
"To all my friends in politics, and in the media, who are joining in the chorus attacking Rabbi Eyal Karim, I recommend to you just to get to know him. I have known Rabbi Eyal Karim for nearly 40 years, as a man who is kind to all, humble, modest, that has never hurt anyone. A couragous commander in the paratroopers, that those both under and above his command admired. "