Posted on 12/07/2023 7:02:04 PM PST by Angelino97
About 10,000 people living in the United States have reported for Israeli military duty after receiving draft notices, part of a larger mobilization of 360,000 troops, Israeli officials told The Washington Post. At least eight U.S. citizens have been killed while serving in Israeli security forces since the war began, according to the State Department.
The rush of U.S. citizens willing to take up arms for Israel resembles, in ways, the early days of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, whose government appealed to Americans and other foreign nationals to help repel the incursion now nearing the start of its third year. But there are differences, too.
In this case, most of the Americans who have joined the war effort have served previously in the Israel Defense Forces or remain IDF reservists. Historically, about 1,200 Americans serve in the IDF at a given time, according to a study published last year by the journal Sociological Forum. Many are, or become, dual citizens...
“It’s really not clear to any of us how this is going to play out long-term,” Isseroff said, referring to fellow members of the 55th Paratroopers Brigade. “ … You hope that the people who are telling you what to do have a good grasp on the bigger picture.”...
Shterny Isseroff sees things differently than her brother. She moved to Israel after high school, spending about five years there. But she left, she said, in part because she’d become troubled by the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians.
She did work in Israel opposing its occupation of Palestinian areas, she said, but also was disgusted to hear Palestinian friends celebrate after seeing footage of rockets hitting Israeli homes.
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I didn’t read beyond the paywall. Are there any ‘palestinians’ leaving the USA and moving to Gaza???
The last time the U.S. had a draft, about 18,000 draftees returned home dead. Yet another bull sh*t war.
In high school I was trying to get it together to serve in a volunteer military force the Israelis were forming of foreign volunteers, unfortunately, the buddy who was going with me got killed on his motorcycle and the plan evaporated.
At the time the previous war had been the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
I’m applying to go with Sar-El to do grunt work on an IDF base.
Too old to fight, not to old to clean latrines so a young kid can carry a rifle for me at the front.
The article only profiles Jewish-Americans going to fight for Israel. No mention of Palestinian-Americans.
“Dual citizenship” entails dual responsibilities...and consequences.
God speed.
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Exactly. This is why Israel will win, even if it had zero aid from USG. I personally know Israeli-Americans of all ages who have returned for the duration of the war.
Exactly zero Palestinians have done so. In fact I know many who left and never went back. Because they understood there was no future there.
Genesis 12:3
New King James Version
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
I stand with Israel.
At the time Israel was seeking volunteers with no prior military experience needed, to man outposts in areas deemed less at risk for attack so that the fully trained troops could be kept at the hot spots.
The pay for the volunteers was $100.00 dollars a month which of course was low, but doable at the time.
That’s very commendable.
I think this is a wonderful opportunity for people to put their money (or their lives) where their mouths are...
I was hoping that the western culture hating ‘river to sea’ chanting protesters I was seeing in the streets of my country would be departing from us.
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