<p><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">The following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s speech, today (Tuesday, 15 November 2022), at the Knesset:</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;" _mce_style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">“The IDF is a moral and ethical army. IDF soldiers and their commanders defend the State of Israel. The IDF thoroughly investigates any irregular event and is committed to the values and laws of democracy. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;" _mce_style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">Our soldiers will not be investigated by the FBI or by any other foreign country or entity, however friendly it may be. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;" _mce_style="margin: 0.8em 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;" _mce_style="font-size: large; font-family: times new roman, times;">We will not abandon our soldiers to foreign investigations. We have conveyed our strong protest to the United States.” </span></p>