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Israel’s military reportedly uses ‘thirst traps’ to sow Zionist pride
New York Post ^ | May 28, 2021 | Gabrielle Fonrouge

Posted on 05/28/2021 12:43:04 PM PDT by DogByte6RER

Israel’s military reportedly uses ‘thirst traps’ to sow Zionist pride

Israel’s military reportedly uses ‘thirst traps’ to sow Zionist pride

Israel’s military reportedly uses ‘thirst traps’ to sow Zionist pride

Israel’s military reportedly uses ‘thirst traps’ to sow Zionist pride

They’re young, hot and ready for war.

Members of the Israel Defense Forces are posting “thirst traps” on TikTok amid the nation’s conflict with Hamas — and experts say it’s part of a larger strategy to garner support and spread nationalism as the social media masses flock to support Palestinians, Rolling Stone reported.

The IDF, which is in the midst of a cease-fire with Hamas following a short war that left 13 Israelis and over 240 Palestinians dead, has long been social media-savvy with a strong online presence, but they’ve stepped up their game amid the latest round of conflict in Gaza, the outlet reported Friday.

As the platform is flooded with images of people running away from Israeli airstrikes, soldiers with the IDF are responding by pumping out pro-military content like showing off their uniforms or meeting loved ones at the Gaza border, the outlet said.

“There is a long history within Israel of military iconography favoring the beauty in uniform as a nationalist symbol,” Rebecca Stein, a professor of cultural anthropology at Duke University and author of “Screen Shots: State Violence on Camera in Israel and Palestine,” told the outlet.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cheesecakephotos; gaza; hamas; idf; iknowimthirsty; israel; israeldefenseforce; israeligirls; middleeastwar; palestinianterritory; propaganda; socialmedia; thirsttraps; tiktok; waronterror; zionism
Oh my ... it’s as if the WWII nose art girls have come to life in 2021!

Here’s a similar photo from the NY Post from around 2012 in which an off-duty IDF soldier visited a Tel Aviv beach with her M-16 ...

Bikini clad Israeli with M-16 in Tel Aviv

1 posted on 05/28/2021 12:43:04 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
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To: DogByte6RER

sign me up


2 posted on 05/28/2021 12:45:22 PM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: joshua c

Draft me.


3 posted on 05/28/2021 12:47:00 PM PDT by BipolarBob (This is my chainsaw. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
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To: DogByte6RER

It’s a trap?


4 posted on 05/28/2021 12:49:02 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative ( )
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To: DogByte6RER

I have a female friend who has an old shot of her on the beach near Tel Aviv in short shorts, a tight top, and her rifle. She looked GOOD!


5 posted on 05/28/2021 12:51:24 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Saw many IDF gals when I visited. Very pretty.

I especially loved the dudes in shorts and flip flops walking around with rifles slung on their backs when we were on the Med. Felt very safe the entire time.

LOVE Israel. I want so to go back! It was on my “bucket list” to even go the first time. I need to change that to 100 times. 😊


6 posted on 05/28/2021 12:59:38 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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To: DogByte6RER

Pour me a tall one ... just sayin ...


7 posted on 05/28/2021 1:02:37 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Et Tu Fox News ?)
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To: DogByte6RER

A lot of those “hot IDF girls” are Ukrainian and Russian models hired for PR photos.


8 posted on 05/28/2021 1:23:21 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Mr. Blond

Да, правда.


9 posted on 05/28/2021 2:34:37 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Mr. Blond

Killjoy


10 posted on 05/28/2021 2:46:11 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

Same here!! Love Israel and Tel Aviv is a sight! 💖 the sights, sounds, food, people, hot guys working out at open air gyms! I want to go back so bad 🇮🇱 🇮🇱 🇮🇱


11 posted on 05/28/2021 2:51:38 PM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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Not a whiff of any agendas in Gabrielle's selection of topics and/or scribblings, for sure.

https://www.gabriellefonrouge.com/

Gabrielle Fonrouge is a national correspondent and investigative reporter at the New York Post. Gabrielle has covered notable events such as mass shootings in Parkland, Florida and Sutherland Springs, Texas; the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany; Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the disappearance of Sherri Papini in Redding, California.

Her investigative work into non-consensual photography, sex trafficking and the dumping of dredge spoils in the Long Island Sound has garnered her a series of awards through the New York Press Club and the New York Associated Press Association and has led to various legislation changes at the local and state level.

Her work has appeared in VICE, Narratively, NPR, WSHU Public Radio and NY1 News. Gabrielle has a and has considerable experience covering breaking news and crime. Gabrielle has extensive film and editing expertise outside of her print and broadcast radio experience. In 2015, she traveled to Tirana, Albania and produced a documentary on transgender prostitutes. She previously produced a documentary on sex abuse and prostitution in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and her YouTube page has over 1 million views.

Gabrielle has also completed video and research projects in Rome, Italy, the Morona-Santiago region of Ecuador, and San Juan and Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Outside of Gabrielle's work as a journalist and human rights advocate, she is also a creative writer specializing in creative non-fiction and poetry and is working on her first book.

​ Gabrielle is originally from Hollywood, Florida and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York

12 posted on 05/28/2021 5:11:19 PM PDT by Col Freeper (Praise and Trust in the LORD in All Things at All Times.)
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To: DogByte6RER

There’s nothing like boot camp followed by a year or two of military fitness training to make young women really shine.


13 posted on 05/28/2021 5:20:58 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: DogByte6RER

They do not all look that good. BUT THEY ALL ARE HOT! A taught sleek body with an M4 slung on the shoulder, it does not get much better than that.


14 posted on 05/28/2021 8:31:37 PM PDT by cpdiii (Texan Coonass Cane Cutter Deckhand Roughneck Geologist Pilot Phamacist & much more education)
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To: meowmeow

Score 2 for the ladies. Post pics y’all. Have never been. Now I think I will take my youngest daughter. She needs to see that.


15 posted on 05/29/2021 2:10:29 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: momincombatboots

Lol! I have no idea how to post pics from my frou frou camera. However! Google image “Tel Aviv Beach gyms” and I swear those look exactly like the pics I snapped!


16 posted on 05/29/2021 11:50:12 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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