A new "Kinneret" poll revealed that 43.2 percent of the Israeli public believes that rabbis have too much influence on the IDF. Five-hundred Jewish Israeli citizens were polled in the survey.Only 3.8% said that rabbis have no influence on the IDF, while 8.8% would be happy to see more rabbinical influence on the IDF.The poll was taken in preparation for a conference to be held next week on IDF-Israeli society relations.
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