PTSD Veterans Disrupt Torah Study Basic Law Hearing in Knesset

PTSD-stricken IDF veterans disrupted the Knesset House Committee on Thursday during deliberations on Basic Law: Torah Study, confronting United Torah Judaism chairman Yitzhak Goldknopf and demanding recognition and care for wounded fighters. The bill seeks to declare Torah study a foundational value in Israel; reports said Likud and Haredi factions remained divided over whether the final text should also recognize IDF soldiers and combat troops. Einav Danino, mother of paratrooper Uri Danino, who was kidnapped from the Nova festival and murdered by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, told lawmakers the soldiers who returned her son's body still carry the trauma. Reports said no committee vote on the text was expected Thursday, leaving the dispute unresolved before second and third readings.