Israel Weiss

He studied at Mercaz HaRav in Jerusalem, and views Rabbi Avraham Shapira as his mentor.

[1] Weiss was present at the 2008 Israel–Hezbollah prisoner exchange and remarked of the bodies that Hezbollah released: "the verification process yesterday was very slow, because, if we thought the enemy was cruel to the living and the dead, we were surprised, when we opened the caskets, to discover just how cruel.

"[2] In 2010, Weiss released a book named Bedam Libi (lit., "In the Blood of my Heart") about the Military Rabbinate and his time serving in the army.

He related that during the 2005 Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lied to him to get his support.

Today I know that he lied to me.” Weiss expressed regret over his role in the disengagement, but he did not blame himself or others for having supported the plan.