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February 8, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART2/050/556.html

A Female Arab Combat Soldier in the IDF

(Maariv-Hebrew, 5Feb10) Chen Kotas Bar - IDF Cpl. Elinor Joseph was born in Gush Halav in the Galilee to an Arab Christian family. Her father served as a paratrooper in the IDF. She identifies herself as "Arab, Christian, and Israeli." "I was born here. The people I love live here - my parents, my friends. This is a Jewish state? True. But it's also my country. I can't imagine living anywhere else." "I believe that everyone should enlist. You live here? Go defend your country. So what if I'm Arab?" Joseph serves in the Caracal battalion, which operates on the Egyptian border to block the entry of terrorists and smugglers into Israel.

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