The first batch of US recruits to the Israeli Defence Force are pictured in Jerusalem. IDFIn Desperate Search For Recruits, Israeli Army Targets Foreigners -- The Independent
It used to be the kibbutz and its images of fruit picking and communal living that attracted streams of Jewish volunteers to Israel. Now many are looking for a different kind of service, one involving pre-dawn starts, a dose of boot camp and the very real possibility of some frontline action.
A new organisation is actively recruiting scores of non-Israeli Jews, many of them American, to serve in the Israeli army as it faces threats on multiple fronts in a region largely hostile towards it.
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My Comment: The Arab press are going to have a field day on this report, even if the recruits are a small fraction of 1% in the Israeli military.