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| June 4, 2013
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Female IDF soldiers disciplined for ‘unbecoming behavior’ after posing in their underwear for Facebook

 

Pictures show new recruits dressed only in their underwear & combat fatigues.

IDF Spokesperson office said they were disciplined for their ‘unbecoming behavior’.

By Becky Evans

 

 

Dressed only in their underwear and provocatively holding weapons for the camera, they appear to be having a great time posing for photographs in their barracks room.

In trouble - The images showed the soldiers removing their fatigues to expose their underwear and backsides

In trouble – The images showed the soldiers removing their fatigues to expose their underwear and backsides

But four Israeli female soldiers have now been disciplined by the country’s military for their ‘unbecoming behaviour’ after the raunchy pictures were posted on Facebook.

The images, published on Israeli news website Walla, showed the soldiers removing their fatigues to expose their underwear and backsides. Continue Reading »

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| May 22, 2013
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Knesset Vote passes ‘Jenin, Jenin Law’, protecting the slander of IDF soldiers

Knesset gives approval to bill that would now allow soldiers to sue when slander of the IDF is general and not directed against a specific soldier.

By Maayana Miskin

 

 

The Knesset has approved a law prohibiting slander of IDF soldiers in an initial vote. The bill was put forth by MKs Yoni Chetboun (Bayit Yehudi), Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu), and Nachman Shai (Labor).

It has been dubbed the “Jenin, Jenin bill” after the libelous documentary “Jenin, Jenin.” While the documentary was found to have contained lies, including accusations of murder, the soldiers accused were unable to file suit because no one individual soldier had been accused. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2013
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Arabs’ Standard of living in Israel is in a ‘different league’

Article carried by Arab media, Al Arabiya, highlighted Bedouin soldiers of the Jewish state.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Continuing with the theme of debunking accusations that Israel imposes institutional racism and apartheid on the Arabs of the region is a story by the AFP on a senior Bedouin tracker in the Israeli army.

Standard of living for Arabs in Israel in a 'different league'

IDF training – Photo courtesy IDF Spokesperson’s Office

 

Lt.-Col. Magdi Mazarib, the highest ranking Israeli Bedouin army tracker, is featured in the story. He tells the news agency that compared with neighboring countries, the status and position of Arabs in Israel “is better…It’s a different league.” Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2013
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Knesset honors Michael Levin fallen US-born IDF soldier

Philadelphia native Levin, fell while bravely fighting during the Second Lebanon War.

By LAHAV HARKOV



 
The Knesset and Defense Ministry will honor the memory of American-born IDF soldier Michael Levin in its Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars ceremony on Sunday night.
Michael Levin

Michael Levin – Photo: Courtesy Lone Soldier Center

Short documentary videos will be combined with songs and poetry readings about the fallen.

Levin immigrated to Israel from Philadelphia in 2002 and joined the Paratroop Brigade. He fought in the Second Lebanon War, cutting short a vacation to the US to rejoin his comrades.

On August 21, 2006, a Hezbollah sniper killed Levin in the southern Lebanese village of Ayta a-Shayeb.

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| February 19, 2013
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Belgrade bloggers captivated over Israel

6 young, influential Serbian bloggers fall in love with the Jewish State after finding ‘wonderful people, outstanding food, and soldiers with big guns & huge smiles’

By Itamar Eichner

 

“If we could, we would stay in Tel Aviv forever. The people are wonderful, the food is outstanding, the views are splendid, the soldiers walk around with big guns and huge smiles and they are much nicer than our civil servants.”

Serbians "like" Israel (Archives) Photo: Desa Fogel

Serbians “like” Israel – Photo: Desa Fogel

This is the impression Israel made on bloggers from Belgrade, Serbia who returned to their country enamored with the Jewish state.

The six skillful and curious bloggers who write on an array of topics were brought to Israel on a joint Foreign Ministry-Tourism Ministry venture. Continue Reading »

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| December 22, 2012
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IDF report: Soldier failed to discharge his weapon at intruders

Official inquiry into IDF base break-in finds that the soldier standing guard at the site called out ‘who’s there?’ twice, before opening observation post’s door.

Army: Soldier acted appropriately

Yoav Zitun

A probe into an incident that saw two Palestinians breaking into an IDF base found that the soldier guarding the entrance to the site failed to discharge his weapon before being overpowered by the intruders.

Observation tower (Illustration) Photo: Amit Magal

Observation tower (Illustration) – Photo: Amit Magal

The break-in occurred around 1:45 am Friday as a storm raged in the area of the base, which overlooks the Palestinian village of Al-Ram near Jerusalem. The intruders managed to cut the perimeter fence, taking advantage of the boisterous weather to slip into the military facility undetected. Continue Reading »

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| December 16, 2012
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Female ‘Immigrant-Soldier’ from US, Gets the Goods to Gaza

American born Nira Lee is an IDF officer for expediting humanitarian aid to Gaza.

While under rocket fire, a Gaza woman learned the true nature of the IDF when Nira pulled her to safety.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

An IDF officer who is the assistant foreign liaison officer to international organizations in Gaza is none other than a young native of Arizona named Nira Lee, who moved to Israel in 2010 after she earned a degree at American University in Washington, D.C.

Second Lt. Nira Lee

2nd Lt. Nira Lee – Israel news photo: IDF

With the rank of Second Lieutenant, Nira serves with COGAT, initials for the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories and the IDF unit responsible for implementing the Israeli government’s policy in Judea and Samaria as well as facilitating the movement of goods and people to and from Gaza.

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| November 6, 2012
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Soldier that beat Leukemia wins fight to serve in combat role

At 3 yrs-old Yoav Danguri recovered from cancer & then went on to court fighting IDF’s regulations to become a combat soldier. A dream comes true.

By Aviel Magnezi

 

When he was just three years old, Yoav Danguri was diagnosed with Leukemia– bone marrow cancer. He battled for two years and managed to fully recover from the disease.

Yoav Danguri Photo: Amit Shabi

Yoav Danguri – Photo: Amit Shabi

Over the past two and a half years, he was busy fighting again – this time against IDF regulations, preventing him from serving as combat solider due to his past Leukemia.

Since he recovered, Danguri has been healthy and excels in sports, but when he was first drafted by the IDF he was told that due to his medical history he could not serve in a combat role. Continue Reading »

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| October 30, 2012
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Canadian Couple Seeks the ‘Unknown Soldier’ they Named their Son After

Two Canadian Jews on a honeymoon in Israel gave an IDF soldier a ride, and then decided to name their son after him.

By Gil Ronen

 

A Canadian Jewish couple is looking for the Israeli man whose name their son bears.

Hummer, soldier.

Hummer, soldier. – IDF Website

The story began when the couple was in Israel for their honeymoon. They offered a ride to a soldier named Lior, and were so impressed with him that after the woman became pregnant, they decided to name their son after him.

Two young Israelis, Gefen Hazan and Gal Baruch, who are currently on a pre-service volunteer year in Canada, are helping the couple and their son in their search for the original Lior. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2012
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A Jew’s Trek from India to the Golani Brigade

At 24 yrs-old, Ronen Birvdaker decided to immigrate to Israel from India, recently completed his training to became a Golani Brigade infantry soldier.

Birvdaker: “I am 100% Israeli.”

By Nitzi Yakov

 

Ronen Birvdaker, a Jewish Indian from Mumbai, was so moved by the 2008 terrorist attack in his home city that he decided to immigrate to Israel last year. On Wednesday, he completed his training to become a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces’ Golani Brigade.

Brivdaker in the IDF – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Birvdaker, 25, said that after the November 2008 attack — which killed 166 people, including a Chabad emissary and his wife — he felt that as a Jew there was no place for him to live other than in Israel.

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| October 18, 2012
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An Arab Maverick Who’s Pro-Israel

Bucking convention from his village of Arara, Yousef Juhja sent three sons to join the IDF—and one paid the ultimate price.

Yousef Juhja’s cell phone number ends, coincidentally, with the digits 1948. It’s the year of his birth and that of the Jewish state—and for most of Juhja’s fellow Israeli Arabs, the year of the Nakba, the catastrophe of national dispossession and the dispersion of their Palestinian kin.

Standing by the Memorial: Yousef’s son Sa’id fell in the line of duty, blown up by explosives packed in a tunnel dug by Palestinian terrorists under a sentry box in Rafiah, Gaza in December, 2004. - Photo & caption: Lydia Aisenberg

Standing by the Memorial: Yousef’s son Sa’id fell in the line of duty, blown up by explosives packed in a tunnel dug by Palestinian terrorists under a sentry box in Rafiah, Gaza in December, 2004.

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| October 18, 2012
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IDF generals argue over Israeli-Canadian ‘deserter’

While soldiers watching, Chief military prosecutor Efroni tells army’s Personnel Directorate head Barbivai her decision to release ‘draft-dodger’ half way before the end of sentence sends ‘wrong message’

By Yoav Zitun

 

A heated argument erupted on Wednesday between IDF Military Advocate General Brigadier General Danny Efroni and IDF Personnel Directorate chief Maj. Gen. Orna Barbivai over the latter’s decision to grant clemency to Yana Gorelik, the 30-year old Canadian-Israeli who was imprisoned for allegedly dodging the IDF draft.

Yana Gorelik Photo: Moti Kimhi

Yana Gorelik – Photo: Moti Kimhi

The argument took place following the traditional basketball game between IDF generals and former Maccabi Tel Aviv players during Combat Fitness Day at the Wingate Institute. Continue Reading »

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| October 18, 2012
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First Female Christian Arab Combat Comander in IDF

Traitor or Hero?  Mona Abdo becomes 1st female Arab commander of IDF combat unit.

By Annie Lubin

 

On Wednesday night, a twenty year old Christian Arab is set to make history, as she becomes the first female Arab commander of an IDF combat unit.

Mona Abdo is the first female Arab combat commander

Mona Abdo is the first female Arab combat commander – IDF Spokesperson

Mona Abdo, who grew up in Haifa, but now lives in Kiryat Haim, will take her place at the graduation ceremony for the IDF commanders training course, where surrounded by family and fellow Jewish Israeli soldiers, she will become a commander in Caracal, the first of her sector to ever accomplish something of this magnitude. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2012
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VIDEO: The IDF Shuffle, one step at a time

In an approved IDF YouTube video, an Israel Air Force enlistee “shuffles” through his basic training.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

A video recently uploaded to YouTube provides a unique look at the adaptation to military life that Israelis go through when they enter the Israel Defense Forces.

IAF enlistee Ron Bronstein “shuffles” through the IDF basic training process. – Photo: Video still

The video shows Ron Bronstein, an enlistee in the Israel Air Force, “shuffling” through the basic training process to the tune of LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem.

In the video, Bronstein dances in the midst of many mundane basic training backdrops that are all to familiar to Israelis who have done military service.

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| September 24, 2012
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Much Pride & a Little Embarrassment for Mixed-Sex IDF Unit after Firefight

While one of the special unit’s female fighters performed heroically, another female soldier hid behind a bush for 90 minutes.

By Gil Ronen

 

The IDF’s mixed-sex Caracal unit apparently has reasons for both pride and embarrassment following the firefight on the border with Egypt that left one soldier and three terrorists dead.

The pride is due to the fact that one of the unit’s female fighters, a markswoman identified only by the initial S., took part in the assault on the terrorists and shot one of them to death. The embarrassment is due to reports that another female combat soldier cowered behind a bush for over an hour, causing fear that she had been abducted. Continue Reading »

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