IDF: Dramatic rise in Bedouin recruits

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IDF: Dramatic rise in Bedouin recruits
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Army chief, Bedouin community leader agree on need to help discharged soldiers join public sector; army plans establishment of pre-military Bedouin academy to 'strengthen leadership values, love of Israel'

Hanan Greenberg Published: 01.19.10, 15:16 / Israel News




The IDF will work to ease the integration of discharged Bedouin soldiers into the workforce, Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Ga More..bi Ashkenazi and Hassan al-Hayeb, chairman of the northern Bedouin council heads, agreed during a meeting in Tel Aviv Monday.



According to data presented at the meeting, the last two years have seen an increase of more than 200% in the number of Bedouins who join
the IDF. Nine Bedouins enlisted in the Golani Brigade during the November 2009 draft. An IDF official told Ynet that most Bedouins become IDF trackers or join reconnaissance units stationed along Israel's borders with Gaza and Egypt.


According to the source, the rise in Bedouin recruits can be attributed to a joint effort on the part of community leaders and the army's Human Resources Branch.


He said the IDF also plans to establish a pre-military academy for the sector's youth, where "values such as leadership and love for Israel will be strengthened.


"In this way we will better prepare them for the IDF and reduce the gaps between the Bedouins and other sectors of society," said the officer.


The IDF has also shortened the process in which Bedouin soldiers are granted security clearance.


During the meeting with Ashkenazi, Al-Hayeb asked that the IDF urge government offices to help discharged Bedouin soldiers find work.


Bedouin soldier (Archives) Photo: Chaim Hornstein Less..

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English Description: The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008) (TV)
After Tom Hurndall is shot in the head in Gaza, his parents Anthony and Jocelyn arrive in Israel wanting to know how it could have happened. They expect sympathy and co-operation from the Israeli authorities, but are instead met with an official explanation that fails to tally with any eye-witness accounts, and a wall of silence. When an Israeli army report attempts to whitewash the incident, the Hurndalls decide the only way to establish the truth is to launch their own investigation into the shooting, a process which brings them face to face with both the Open-Fire regulations of the Israeli army in Gaza, and the (supposedly Bedouin IDF) soldier who pulled the trigger. Written by Simon Block


Language: ENGLISH
Genre: DRAMA
Duration: 90 MIN
Year: 2008
Video Quality: XviD - 720×400px (WxH) - AR: 16/9 - FPS: 23.976 fps
Sound Quality: MP3 @ 87.4 Kbps (Variable) - 2 channels
Format: AVI

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