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Rosh Yeshivat Har Bracha Missed "Hearing" with Ehud Barak
Rosh Yeshivat Har Bracha, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, did not show up for a scheduled "hearing" before Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, this evening. According to sources close to the rabbi, he opposes the "nature of the disourse", which included giving the rabbi an ultimatum with a deadline – which was publicized by the media - then scheduling a meeting and "hearing".
In response, Defense Minister Barak instructed the IDF to remove the Har Bracha yeshiva from the Hesder program. Barak's office issued a statement which said, "The defense minister has determined that Rabbi Melamed's acts and statements undermine the bases of Israeli democracy."