Beth El . March 1974 (low resolution) The Israel Defense Forces, Tzahal, one of the most highly trained and battle-experienced armies in the world, having endured seven wars and two Intifadas since its birth in 1948. The name “Israel Defense Forc
Jordan Valley . August 1976 (low resolution)
Jordan Valley . August 1976 (low resolution)
Jordan Valley . August 1976 (low resolution)
Sinai, Bir Haseneh, former Egyptian munitions base . April 1974 (low resolution) “Lust and loot are the soldier’s pay,” Napoleon supposedly to remarked, “But Ennui is his lot.” I saw neither of those very attractive “perks” while serving as a res
Kiryat Arbah, Hebron . July 2012 (low resolution)
Kiryat Arbah, Hebron . July 2012  (low resolution) “Breaking the Silence” is an organization of Israeli military veterans who have served in the Occupied Territories since the start of the second Intifada, also called the “Oslo War” (Septembe
Kiryat Arbah, Hebron . July 2012  (low resolution)
Jerusalem . June 2007 (low resolution) In 1950 the Law of Return was passed granting any person of Jewish descent a welcome to the country and immediate citizenship upon request. Immigrants arrived in waves from Eastern Europe, North America, The
Beth El training base, West Bank . March 1974 (low resolution)
Beth El training base, West Bank . March 1974 (low resolution)
Beth El training base, West Bank . March 1974 (low resolution) A traditional rabbinic conundrum asks, “How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?” A more modern one, through politically incorrect, and ethnically insulting, queries, “How many
Jordan Valley . August 1976 • Sharm Al Sheikh, Straits of Tiran . August 1977 (low resolution) (Right photo): In May 1967, Egypt expelled UN peacekeepers stationed in the Sinai Peninsula since the 1956 Suez conflict and announced a partial blocka
Sinai . August 1968 (low resolution)
Beth El, West Bank . March 1974 • Jerusalem . January 1973 (low resolution)
Beth El, West Bank . March 1974 • Jerusalem . January 1973 (low resolution) The helmet comes from England. Known as the “Brodie helmet,” named for its designer. It was worn by British army troops and by United States armed forces in both world wa
Beth El, West Bank . March 1974 • Jerusalem . January 1973 (low resolution) How winsome! What grace! How enchanting! What magnetism! The slight enigmatic smile belies that this maiden is a soldier. She carries a gun! Perhaps she even crawls steal
Galilee . September 2007 (low resolution) Misconception: A Sabra, symbol of a native-born Israeli, is indigenous to the desert area of Israel. Fact: The sabra is native to the desert areas of Mexico and the southwestern United States. This is a c
Bat Galim Naval base, Haifa . August 2006 (low resolution)
Bat Galim Naval base, Haifa . August 2006 (low resolution)
Bat Galim Naval base, Haifa . August 2006 (low resolution) Orde Wingate, a British Officer who served in Palestine from 1936 to 1939, helped to train Haganah fighters, including such leaders as Zvi Brenner and Moshe Dayan. He reputedly carried a
Jordan River, Damia Bridge . September 1976 (low resolution)
Jordan River, Damia Bridge . September 1976 (low resolution) Historians write of war. Armed conflicts permeate recorded history and appear, aside from sex, to be a man’s chief obsession. The concept of war is abstract, a dead zone between what yo
Jordan River, Damia Bridge . September 1976 (low resolution)
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