I am not “idolizing” the IDF / Israeli Army.
I simply have gratitude for soldiers who save Jewish lives 365 days a year,
and risk their own comfort and their own health their own lives to do that.
What does Sanhedrin 37A say about someone who saves the life of ONE Jew?
Maybe — just maybe — if religious Jews showed more thanks and praise
for soldiers who defend Jews, and maybe if religious Jews
stopped spitting on soldiers, and stopped attacking soldiers,
and stopped criticizing soldiers,
then maybe soldiers would stop hating religious Jews.
Religious Jews cannot spit on soldiers, and attack soldiers,
and criticize soldiers, and then act surprised
when some [not all] soldiers hate religious Jews.