(Israel Defense Forces) Tamara Shavit - Corp. Noy Berkovich, 19, is a soldier in the Taoz battalion, part of the unit responsible for checkpoints in the Military Police. Every day she checks thousands of vehicles and people, part of an army effort to eradicate the wave of attacks which marked daily life in Israel at the beginning of the decade. During training she was taught about security checks, different checkpoints, about interactions with those passing through the checkpoints. What's stressed the most is technique: how to check if an ID is fake, what to check in vehicles, how to check people. There is also a short course in Arabic. "Every time we catch weapon smugglers, we are reminded once again that the threat exists. That what we are doing here we have to do. In the end, there is no other choice," she conclude.
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