":I used the term ""derogatory"" because I was assuming that, when the reference to 1000s of others leaving the Army was made, it was being used as a kind of smear. After all, there can't be many sources, if any which claim that so many Jewish soldiers all resigned, as the article was claiming. Not even Begin resigned, according to the best sources we have. These say that he was given leave of absence.       ←      

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