By: Noam Dvir – Israel Today; israeltoday.co.il
An interview with three who left family and friends behind to defend the Jewish state.
Some 100 young Jewish men and women from around the world have decided to make Aliyah and enlist in the IDF as Israel wages war against the Hamas terrorist organization.
In a month they will put on their uniforms. Meanwhile, they are completing a preparatory course run by the Defense Ministry’s Defense and Society Department. The course is taking place at an immigrant absorption center in Karmiel, in the Galilee—an area where strikes by the Lebanese-based Hezbollah terror group are a daily occurrence and the threat of a major confrontation looms.
During the four-week program, the participants will prepare physically and mentally for their service, study Hebrew and get to know Israeli society.
“About 100 Jewish youngsters from the Diaspora chose to leave their families, friends and work to come to Israel and volunteer for the IDF,” Udi Dror, head of recruitment at the Defense and Society Department, said. “They do this at a time of war to take part in the defense of Israel. This is not taken for granted. We support them upon their arrival in Israel and will continue to do so throughout their entire military service.”
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