“That was a real wow for me,” said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meitav recruitment unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who recently visited North America and acknowledged being moved by encounters he had with Jewish teenagers and millennials who expressed interest in serving in the Israeli military.
Month: November 2018
Arab Teenager Who Joined IDF Says ‘It’s A Priviledge’
T., a 19-year-old from the Jerusalem area, where clashes with police is a regular occurrence, decided four months ago in an unprecedented move to join the Border Police. On Wednesday he is expected to participate in a graduation ceremony from basic training where he will receive a combat pin.
‘IDF Solfiers Fear No One’
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu slammed Education Minister Naftali Bennett for saying that IDF officers are more concerned with the military prosecutor than with the leader of Hamas in Gaza.