Rafi, why do you do that / Is it fun for you to incite? Yes, I'm sure he wouldn't do it if he wasn't minister because it would mean nothing to the soldiers as a regular member of the public. As minister it means a lot. He did this out of Kavod, not for political gain. He has nothing to gain at all politically. Only the Chareidim vote for Chareidi parties and this doesn't help him. So yes, he did this out of love.

incite what? I have long spoken about the slow change taking place in Haredi society. Until now this was one of the reasons they refused to become ministers. now they are willing, and this is the result, which was expected and known in advance. The fact that this image exists, the fact that he attended, and knew he would have to, is another stage in the slow process of Israelization of the Haredi community..

To understand, when you said "Now that Litzman is a minister, he must participate in these State events..." you meant in a positive way, like "Yay Chareidim doing something good", not like the obvious interpretation which is "He wouldn't do this ceremony if he could get away with it, but now the Chareidi guy is forced to"