News at Eleven: The spokesperson is said to have told

the solider that his appearance would "ruin the image of the combat solider" and that he ran the risk of revealing "personal and sensitive" information.

Additionally, he was told that having poem-quoting soldiers was, "not how the Nahal Brigade wants to be portrayed in public."

from The Independent: 'Real men don't do poetry': Israeli army refuses to let IDF soldier read verses on the radio

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