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First Female Arab Combat Soldier in IDF is Proud to Serve Israel
Israel Defense Forces Website ^ | July 26th, 2010 | Rotem Caro Weizman

Posted on 08/10/2010 8:28:06 AM PDT by GravityFree

“Look at the beret,” says Elinor, smiling from ear to ear, showing off the bright green beret that she earned after completing the trek which is part of her combat training in the Karakal Battalion. Her excitement is accompanied by a new historical precedent, since Elinor is the first Arab female combat soldier in IDF history.

Cpl. Elinor Joseph was born and raised in an integrated neighborhood of Jews and Arabs in Haifa, but attended a school in which all her classmates were Arab. She later moved to Wadi Nisnas, an Arab neighborhood where she currently lives. Despite the fact that she would always wear her father’s IDF dog-tag around her neck from when he served in the Paratrooper’s Unit, she never thought she would enlist. “I wanted to go abroad to study medicine and never come back,” she said. To her father it was clear that she would enlist in the IDF, as most citizens in Israel do. This was something that worried her very much. “I was scared to lose my friends because they objected to it. They told me they wouldn’t speak to me. I was left alone.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: islam; israel; johnkerry; kenyanbornmuzzie; lurch; muslims; onestatesolution; women
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To: MuttTheHoople

Remember that before Mohammed invented his “religion” Jewish and Arabs intermarried frequently(They are after all both Semitic(Abraham was the father of both). Moses’ wife was an Arab(Midianite). Oh and my the way “Palistinians” are NOT Arab, they are mixed!


21 posted on 08/10/2010 8:54:32 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: Texan Tory

I am uncertain if the Druze “derive” their religion from Islam, but they have claimed descent from Jethro (father-in-law of Moses).

Theologically, it’s closed and secret, but it’s apparently an odd blend of Hindu all-roads-lead-to-heaven and Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.


22 posted on 08/10/2010 8:58:26 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: GravityFree
The first IDF hitchhiker I ever picked up in Israel was an Elinor. (She said she was from Maalot. This was back in 2001. Now soldiers are not allowed to hitchhike.)

ML/NJ

23 posted on 08/10/2010 9:06:44 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Texan Tory
some from the Druze religious community also serve in the IDF

Arabs have to volunteer to serve in the IDF.

Druze, who are loyal and trusted, are drafted.

Many have fallen in defense of Israel, side by side with their Jewish countrymen.

24 posted on 08/10/2010 9:14:59 AM PDT by HearMe
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To: GravityFree

I am really embarrassed that Ms. Joseph, a patriot willing to face death to protect her country, an achiever and one committed to her family, is treated so shabbily here on Free Republic. There is something so very wrong about many of the comments about her placed on this thread.


25 posted on 08/10/2010 9:16:39 AM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: GravityFree
S.F.'s newest consul enjoys being Bedouin, proud to be Israeli / Ishmael Khaldi, who began life as a nomad, is first Muslim envoy to rise through ranks
26 posted on 08/10/2010 9:24:55 AM PDT by HearMe
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To: righttackle44

What am I missing?

Unless by shabbily, you are referring to some comments arising out of her attractiveness.


27 posted on 08/10/2010 9:30:03 AM PDT by HearMe
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To: GravityFree
I would choose uniform over Berka.
28 posted on 08/10/2010 9:39:57 AM PDT by mountainlion (concerned conservative.)
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To: All

God Bless this young woman
God Bless Israel


29 posted on 08/10/2010 9:42:35 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: TheThirdRuffian

She’s hot. Wow!!


30 posted on 08/10/2010 10:07:12 AM PDT by Levante
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To: ExTexasRedhead

I have to agree with the naughty men on this thread that this lady is quite Beautiful!

That being said, Arab Christians in Lebanon, and now in the West Bank and Gaza, suffer terribly at the hands of their Muslim Neighbors.

Bethlehem is losing a huge portion of its Tourist Revenue because of it.


31 posted on 08/10/2010 11:02:42 AM PDT by left that other site (Your Mi'KMaq Paddy Whacky Bass Playing Biker Buddy)
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To: Maverick68

“God Bless this young woman
God Bless Israel”

AMEN!


32 posted on 08/10/2010 11:27:19 AM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Fantastic.


33 posted on 08/10/2010 1:40:54 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

Not Guilty! Va va va Vooom. lol.


34 posted on 08/10/2010 5:10:55 PM PDT by Gapplega
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
She's hot, but I still wouldn't trust her when out on patrol...

You don't trust Christians?

The fact that Elinor is a Christian Arab did not escape the attention of the girls around her. Her accent was the first thing that gave her away. “In the beginning everyone thought I was Argentinean. When they found out the truth, they were surprised,” she says.

35 posted on 08/10/2010 5:14:34 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...
Cpl. Elinor Joseph was born and raised in an integrated neighborhood of Jews and Arabs in Haifa, but attended a school in which all her classmates were Arab. She later moved to Wadi Nisnas, an Arab neighborhood where she currently lives... To her father it was clear that she would enlist in the IDF, as most citizens in Israel do. This was something that worried her very much. "I was scared to lose my friends because they objected to it. They told me they wouldn't speak to me. I was left alone."
They aren't her friends.
36 posted on 08/10/2010 5:17:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

One look a t her picture and my heart melted. What a beauty.
People who fight on the side of godness natuarally look beautiful. She just GLOWS! May G_d keep her save in the palm of his hand.


37 posted on 08/10/2010 6:36:23 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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