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There are 7 different groups of people who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) presented here that you might not have expected. 1. Choose at least 3 groups and read about them, watch the videos and post your comments.  2. Tell the class about one of your groups. 3. Answer the question in the last column.

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There are 7 different groups of people who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) presented here that you might not have expected. 1. Choose at least 3 groups and read about them, watch the videos and post your comments.  2. Tell the class about one of your groups. 3. Answer the question in the last column.

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יש שבע קבוצות שונות של חיילים שמשרתים בצה"ל. במשימה הזאת תבחרו 3 קבוצות לקרוא עליהם ולצפות בסרטונים. תבחרו קבוצה אחת שתייצגו בפני הכיתה. בנוסף, יש 2 שאלות בתור הכי ימיני לענות עליהם

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National military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18, although Arab (but not Druze) citizens are exempt if they choose. Other exceptions may be made on religious, physical or psychological grounds. שירות צבאי היא חובה לכל אזרחי ישראל מעל גיל 18. ישנו פטור לערבי ישראל וכן פטורים מחמת דת, ובעיות פיזיות ונפשיות.

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National military service is mandatory for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18, although Arab (but not Druze) citizens are exempt if they choose. Other exceptions may be made on religious, physical or psychological grounds. שירות צבאי היא חובה לכל אזרחי ישראל מעל גיל 18. ישנו פטור לערבי ישראל וכן פטורים מחמת דת, ובעיות פיזיות ונפשיות.

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About 1,700 Bedouin Muslims currently serve in the IDF. Bedouin Arabs have fought alongside Israel since the State was formed.כ1,700 בדואים משרתים בצה”ל. הם לחמו בצד ישראלים מאז קום המדינה.

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About 1,700 Bedouin Muslims currently serve in the IDF. Bedouin Arabs have fought alongside Israel since the State was formed.כ1,700 בדואים משרתים בצה”ל. הם לחמו בצד ישראלים מאז קום המדינה.

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Sword Battalion, comprised of Druze, Jewish and Christian soldiers, specially trained in the Northern Command.גדוד חרב, הינו גדוד חי"ר צה"לי בו משרתים בני העדה הדרוזית והצ'רקסית

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Sword Battalion, comprised of Druze, Jewish and Christian soldiers, specially trained in the Northern Command.גדוד חרב, הינו גדוד חי"ר צה"לי בו משרתים בני העדה הדרוזית והצ'רקסית

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Learn about Mohammad Ka'abiyah.תלמדו על חייל מוחמד קאביה.

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Learn about Mohammad Ka'abiyah.תלמדו על חייל מוחמד קאביה.

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About 1,700 Bedouin Muslims currently serve in the Israeli army

They say they are being patriotic but other Arabs believe they are traitors

Bedouin Arabs have fought alongside Israel since the State was formed

But since a Bedouin mounted a terror attack, relations have been tense

In a small, rural cemetery in northern Israel, 25-year-old Mohammad Ka'abiyah brushes some leaves carefully from a headstone.

Like any Israeli graveyard, a number of those buried were killed in action. But here - as the numerous crescents and pieces of Arabic calligraphy indicate - all of the fallen soldiers were Muslim.

'If you told this story to people from Europe or the United States, or even other Arabs from the Middle East, they wouldn't believe it,' Ka'abiyah tells MailOnline. 'But it's really a true situation.'

Cameraman: Shai Rosenzweig

Ka'abiyah, a Political Sciences student at Haifa university, is one of up to 300,000 Bedouin Arabs living in Israel, all of whom are Sunni Muslims.

Arabs comprise about 20 per cent of Israel's population. They have equal rights in law but are generally exempt from serving in the army.

However, certain tribes are particularly patriotic towards Israel, and choose to join the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). About 1,700 Bedouin soldiers are currently enlisted, although there is no obligation on them to do so.

Many Bedouin are recruited as trackers, drawing on their desert heritage to catch terrorists seeking to infiltrate the country along Israel's borders.

Like almost all the men in his village - which is also called Ka'abiya, the name of his Bedouin tribe - he volunteered, becoming the first one from his clan to join the Air Force, where he served in a helicopter unit.

'I am proud to be a Bedouin fighter,' he says. 'And I am also proud to fight in the Israeli army. I am proud of being Bedouin, Arab, Muslim and Israeli.'

To date, 363 Arabs have been killed in action while fighting for Israel. Three of them came from Ka'abiya.

The alliance between Israel and the Bedouin began in the early 20th Century, when Jews and Bedouin joined forces to protect the Jewish communities from their hostile Arab neighbours during the British Mandate.

In 1948, when Israel was established, the Bedouin pledged their allegiance to the Jewish State and were granted full citizenship.

Today, the Bedouin comprise about 2.5 percent of Israel's population.

Although they are exempt from conscription, up to 10 per cent of eligible Bedouin men continue the tradition by volunteering for the IDF each year.

But tensions are running high in the Bedouin community.

In October, 21-year-old Muhanad Alukabi, a Bedouin from the Negev desert who ' believed in the Islamic State' and had been in contact with Hamas, mounted a gun and knife attack in a bus station in Beersheba.

The gunman, who was initially armed with a knife but grabbed a rifle from a soldier, was shot dead by police.

An IDF sergeant, Omri Levi, 19, was killed in the attack, and 11 civilians were wounded. An Eritrean man was also mistakenly killed by security services in the confusion.

In an effort to prevent escalation, Bedouin leaders were quick to condemn the attack as 'despicable'.

The terrorist's father, Khalil Alukabi, told a press conference outside his home that terrorism was not part of the Bedouin way.

'We don't educate toward violence,' he told the Maariv newspaper.

Tal al-Krenawi, the mayor of the Bedouin city of Rahat, said: 'We Bedouins and Jews [live] as brothers. Any attempt to damage our relationship will not be accepted.'

Some, however, fear that it is a symptom of a deeper malaise.

'There are some extremists who are trying to divide us and turn us against Israel,' says Ka'abiya.

'The Bedouin community needs to come together and be strong. Otherwise it could be very bad.'

He points out, however, that less than a week after the terror attack, there was a second also involving a Bedouin. But this time, the man in question - a Bedouin IDF soldier - was the victim, not the perpetrator.

Arabs who serve in the IDF are viewed as traitors by most Palestinians.

Last year, Mira Azar, a Palestinian singer, made this attitude plain in a song entitled Tell Me, Are You Satisfied With Yourself?.

In the music video, Azar sings in the middle of a ruined village while archive footage of Israel-Palestinian violence is played.

'Tell me, have you seen the pictures?' she sings. 'Tell me, have you heard the news? And still you want to serve? How can you raise your weapon at your brother?'

Ka'abiya says that he speaks for the majority of the Bedouin when he dismisses this criticism.

'I didn't fight against Arab people. I was fighting against terror organisations because I don't want the Arab people to be injured or killed,' he tells MailOnline.

'Arabs are victims of the terrorist organisations.

'Some people call us traitors, but Israel is a democracy where all cultures and colours have the same rights. The ones who refuse to serve are the real traitors.'

Nevertheless, October's terror attack took place against a backdrop of friction between some Bedouin tribes and the authorities.

Ka'abiya lives in one of the relatively affluent villages in the north of the country.

His family home is spacious and comfortable, with superfast broadband, a playroom for the children and a widescreen digital TV.

More than 200,000 Bedouin, however, live in the Negev desert in the south, where relations with the State are more fractious.

Human trafficking and the smuggling of drugs and weapons are rife, and crime levels are among the highest in Israel.

In the 1950s, the nascent Jewish State resettled the majority of the Bedouin from all over Israel in the north-eastern Negev, where they lived under martial law until it was lifted in 1966.

Israel authorised 18 separate Bedouin communities, making them eligible to receive public services.

However, about half of the Bedouin - traditionally a nomadic people - have set up other, unauthorised villages in the Negev (see map). These have not been granted access to municipal electricity, gas and running water.

The Bedouin living in these villages rank consistently at the very bottom of Israel's socioeconomic index. As their homes are unauthorised, they are at constant risk of demolition.

The village of Al-Araqib, for example, has been bulldozed and rebuilt 59 times since 2010. The Government has earmarked the land for a conservation project, but the defiant villagers replace their homes quicker than they can be demolished.

A Human Rights Watch report blames Israel, saying that its land and planning policies are 'punitive' and make it 'virtually impossible' for many Bedouin to build legally where they live.

'Israeli policies have created a situation whereby tens of thousands of Bedouin citizens in the Negev have little or no alternative but to live in ramshackle villages and build illegally in order to meet their most basic shelter needs,' it says.

But Regavim, an Israeli NGO that has published a report entitled Bedouin Myths, argues that the Bedouin who set up unauthorised villages are breaking the law and must be treated accordingly.

'This is simply a case of Bedouin trying to take advantage of the State of Israel with the help of the foreign funding provided by anti-Israel NGOs,' says Ari Briggs, Director of Regavim.

'Each and every so-called "resident" of Al Arakib have homes elsewhere. The rule of law and the equal application of the law necessitates enforcement actions against squatters, land grabbers and illegal building.'

This combination of pressures has created a simmering resentment in some parts of Israel's Bedouin population.

As a result, number of Bedouin signing up for the army is declining, the Economist has reported.

When news of the Bedouin terrorist broke, a relative of the killer, Nuri Alukabi, pointed out that the family felt they had been poorly treated by Israeli authorities (though he made it clear that this was no excuse for the attack).

But despite the acrimony, the Bedouin's history of fighting for Israel is long, and most believe that the traditional bond is secure.

At his family home, Ka'abiya shows off a picture of his warrior grandfather, Rashid al-Ka'abi, posing alongside the renowned Jewish fighter Alexander Zaïd, who was killed by local Arabs in Palestine in 1938.

'The Bedouin and the Jews made a blood pact,' he says. 'It will never be broken.'

When asked whether he is concerned that telling his story may lead to reprisals, he laughs.

'I am a Bedouin fighter,' he says. 'I don't care and don't worry.'

HOW THE BEDOUIN ARABS BECAME LOYAL TO ISRAEL

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Meet the Sunni Muslim soldiers who fight FOR Israel

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About 1,700 Bedouin Muslims currently serve in the Israeli army They say they are being patriotic but other Arabs believe they are traitors Bedouin Arabs have fought alongside Israel since the State was formed But since a Bedouin mounted a terror attack, relations have been tense In a small, rural cemetery in northern Israel, 25-year-old Mohammad Ka'abiyah brushes some leaves carefully from a headstone.

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Haredi males have the option of serving in the "Netzah Yehuda" Infantry Battalion. This unit is a standard IDF infantry battalion. The Netzah Yehuda military bases follow the highest standards of Jewish dietary laws; the only women permitted on these bases are wives of soldiers and officers.

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Haredi males have the option of serving in the "Netzah Yehuda" Infantry Battalion. This unit is a standard IDF infantry battalion. The Netzah Yehuda military bases follow the highest standards of Jewish dietary laws; the only women permitted on these bases are wives of soldiers and officers.

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לחרדים זכרים יש אופציה לשרת ביחידת נצח יהודה. נצח יהודה זו יחידה חיל רגלית/ קרבית סטנדרטית בצה"ל. בבסיסים של נצח יהודה יש הקפדה מיוחדת על דיני כשרות ואין נשים בבסיס מלבד נשות החיילים וקצינים.

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לחרדים זכרים יש אופציה לשרת ביחידת נצח יהודה. נצח יהודה זו יחידה חיל רגלית/ קרבית סטנדרטית בצה"ל. בבסיסים של נצח יהודה יש הקפדה מיוחדת על דיני כשרות ואין נשים בבסיס מלבד נשות החיילים וקצינים.

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Netzach Yehudah: Haredi Soldiers Sworn in to the IDF

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The IDF adopts policies and special activities for absorption and integration of Ethiopian immigrant soldiers. In addition, the Ethiopian soldiers are esteemed as excellent soldiers and many aspire to be recruited to combat units.

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The IDF adopts policies and special activities for absorption and integration of Ethiopian immigrant soldiers. In addition, the Ethiopian soldiers are esteemed as excellent soldiers and many aspire to be recruited to combat units.

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בצה"ל ישנה מדיניות כללים מיוחדת ופעילויות מיוחדות על מנת לתרום לקליטתם ולאינטגרציה של עולי אתיופיה המשרתים. בנוסף, החיילים האתיופים ידועים כחיילים מצטיינים והרבה שואפים לשרת ביחידות קרביות.

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בצה"ל ישנה מדיניות כללים מיוחדת ופעילויות מיוחדות על מנת לתרום לקליטתם ולאינטגרציה של עולי אתיופיה המשרתים. בנוסף, החיילים האתיופים ידועים כחיילים מצטיינים והרבה שואפים לשרת ביחידות קרביות.

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IDF Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ariel Almog in 2008 founded “Special in Uniform” or Gedolim b’Madim in Hebrew. The project makes it possible for Israeli citizens with various disabilities to serve as fully functioning soldiers in regular units.

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IDF Lt. Col. (Ret.) Ariel Almog in 2008 founded “Special in Uniform” or Gedolim b’Madim in Hebrew. The project makes it possible for Israeli citizens with various disabilities to serve as fully functioning soldiers in regular units.

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ב2008, רב סרן אריאל אלמוג הקים את "גדולים במדים". הפרויקט מאפשר לאזרחי ישראל עם מוגבלויות לשרת שירות מלאה ביחידות רגילות.

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ב2008, רב סרן אריאל אלמוג הקים את "גדולים במדים". הפרויקט מאפשר לאזרחי ישראל עם מוגבלויות לשרת שירות מלאה ביחידות רגילות.

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Roim Rachok, or “seeing into the distance,” provides training and assistance to Israelis on the autism spectrum who wish to enlist in the military. These soldiers look closely at aerial photos and live videos to help identify what the forces on the ground should -- or shouldn't -- target. 

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Roim Rachok, or “seeing into the distance,” provides training and assistance to Israelis on the autism spectrum who wish to enlist in the military. These soldiers look closely at aerial photos and live videos to help identify what the forces on the ground should -- or shouldn't -- target. 

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הפרויקט "רואים רחוק" נותן  הכשרה וסיוע לאזרחי ישראל שנמצאים בספקטרום של אוטיזם וברצונם לשרת בצה"ל. תפקידים לצפות בתמונות אוויריות וקטעי וידיאו על מנת לכוון את מטרות  כוחות צה"ל.

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הפרויקט "רואים רחוק" נותן  הכשרה וסיוע לאזרחי ישראל שנמצאים בספקטרום של אוטיזם וברצונם לשרת בצה"ל. תפקידים לצפות בתמונות אוויריות וקטעי וידיאו על מנת לכוון את מטרות  כוחות צה"ל.

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Roim Rachok Empowers Youth on the Autism Spectrum through the IDF

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Dan Korkovsky  - Roim Rachok -  torch-bearer for the Independence Day ceremony

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החיילים הבודדים בצה"ל הינם חיילים שעזבו את ארץ מולדתם בתפוצות כדי לשרת במדינת ישראל. החיילים מתנדבים מרצונם ומקבלים על עצמם את אחריות ההגנה על המולדת, המולדת החדשה, בשם היהדות העולמית. 

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החיילים הבודדים בצה"ל הינם חיילים שעזבו את ארץ מולדתם בתפוצות כדי לשרת במדינת ישראל. החיילים מתנדבים מרצונם ומקבלים על עצמם את אחריות ההגנה על המולדת, המולדת החדשה, בשם היהדות העולמית. 

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Israel’s Lone Soldiers are those whose families live abroad and chose to leave their countries of origin to serve the State of Israel. These soldiers willingly accept the responsibility of defending Israel, their adopted home, in the name of Jews worldwide. 

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Israel’s Lone Soldiers are those whose families live abroad and chose to leave their countries of origin to serve the State of Israel. These soldiers willingly accept the responsibility of defending Israel, their adopted home, in the name of Jews worldwide. 

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This is about people with disabilities that want to be in the military. People provide training assistance to people with disabilities. This allows people with disabilities to be in the army for 4 years. This helps people with disabilities feel like they belong and that they are not missing the chance to be in the army.

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This is about people with disabilities that want to join the army but can’t. This give people with disabilities a chance to join the army. This makes them feel proud of themselves and they are happy they are helping out in the army.

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This is about people who leave there home and come to Israel because they want to help and make a difference. This gives people that want to join the army from all around the word a chance to.

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I was surprised to see people with autism and disabilities fight but I also think that that is very nice of everyone who gave them a chance. The thing that surprised me the most is that they were excited and ready to help out.

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I was surprised to see the disabled soldiers play a roll in the IDF. I was surprised because a lot of them have very serious needs. But it is amazing what Israel does for the disable soldiers and treats them like real IDF soldiers.

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I chose Ethiopian soldiers because it is cool that people from different countries can be in the army for Israel

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I was surprised that even disabled people are soldiers

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This was about disabled soldiers doing important jobs. Thugs makes them feel proud of themselves. When other kids were able to join the army they couldn’t because of there disabilities. Me cousin also has a disability so I have a little connection with the disabled soldiers.

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For this section it was really sad but it was really helpful to the people who have disabilities and really want to help out in the army.

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I think that it is really cool that the disabled people get the chance to help out in the army.

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It’s amazing that disabled people want to to serve in the Army and that people let them serve in the Army.

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I think its good while people are depressed the still serve 🇮🇱

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It’s great that they want to go to Israel and join the army.

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This is crazy because when he had Autism he was still able to be in the army.

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I think the video is cool because it is interesting when anyone can go to the Israel army. Maybe I will do it when I’m older?

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IT surprise me that the soldiers are so young or disabled and they still fight well

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I find it cool that disabled people can still assist the army.

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It’s great that theses soldiers are getting help.

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I like how they are coming from different countries to serve.

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We never would have thought people with Autism would work with computers and technology.

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I think it’s cool

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Yes ethiopian

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It’s amazing that people leave their homes and families to fight for Israel.

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Very cool

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it's cool how people with autism would be the one working with technology.

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They are loyal to there country

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The groups that surprised us the most is the Arab Christians and the disabled groups. The Arab Christians surprised us because it is amazing that people of another religion would want to serve for the Jewish people. The disabled groups surprised us because it is hard for disabled people to live their lives, but now they can serve for the army.

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I think it is interesting that people with autism are able to be in the army and still participate like all of the other people.

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Israel is nice because they are involving kids with disabilities to be in the army and feel like they’re making a difference

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it's amazing how people will leave their homes to fight for a country they don't live in.

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They are loyal to our country and are very honored

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I think it’s very cool and interesting

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I think it is AMAZING how disable people can be in the army. They must’ve been working very hard and I think that helped their disability

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To me it is awesome that people who live in Ethiopia still get the chance to be in the army.

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I was surprised to see disabled soldiers in the army because they have trouble doing certain things. This surprised me because I didn’t know they could do such challenging activities and be a part in the army.

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I liked this one because it showed that anyone can do anything and that disabled people can help other soldiers just because the people are all disabled in different ways

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Very interesting and cool

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I think it is cool that they can be in the army and feel like they belong even though they aren't originally from the country.

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I think that it is great because it is important that they feel accomplished and feel like equals.

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I think it is important that the people with autism get to put their knowledge to use and feel important.

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i was seprised by the disabled soldiers because they can do things also with there disabals. i choose them because its very hard forthem but they steel serve the army 

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i was seprised by the disabled soldiers because they can do things also with there disabals. i choose them because its very hard forthem but they steel serve the army 

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my broder dudu

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My cousins served un the IDF

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I was a little surprised about the special needs soldiers. Its really nice yhat they enclude everyone

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my brother is in the army now. He is in air force.

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the brother of my grandfather was
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ido=my cousin and my dad was combat
yoyo=my cousin is in the intelligence unit

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My father served in the naiveesn and the ground troopers. he served in the naivees one year and in the ground troopers half a year.

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ים הפתיעו אותך שדווקא הם משרתים בצה"ל? איזה? למה דווקא הם? תשתפו את חבריכם בתשובה שלכם למטה.
2. Do you know someone who served in the IDF? Share with your friends who served, where they served and what kind of service they performed. האם אתם מכירים משהו ששרת בצה"ל? תשתפו את החברים שלכם מי שרת? איפה שרתו? מה הם עשו בשירות?
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2. Do you know someone who was in the IDF? If yes, in what unit did they serve? Where did they serve? How long? Share with your friends. האם אתם מכירים משהו ששירת בצה"ל? אם כן, באיזה יחידה הם שרתו? איפה הם שרתו ולכמה זמן? לשתף עם החברים.
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i was suprised to see soldiers with autism becuse they dont understand everything.

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yes, our cousin serve. they serve in unit modiin (intelligence). they serve 3 years.

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דוד שלי היה אלוף משנה בחיל מודיעין!!!

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דוד שלי היה אלוף משנה בחיל מודיעין!!!

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My uncle was a staff sergeant in the intelligence

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My uncle was in tanks. He is the one who fires the ammunition. He has half a year left. דוד שלי בצהל הוא משרת בטנק הוא זה שיורה את הפגזים והוא יגמור עוד חצי

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Autistic soldiers surprised me because I didn't know there were soldiers
האוטיסטים הפתיעו אותי בגלל שלא ידעתי שיש חיילים אוטיסטים

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יובל ונתנאל 

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יובל ונתנאל 

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My sister was a sergeant in IDF.
She Help to lone soldiers.

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My aunt was in IDF.
She was a Medical Technician.