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2021-06-03 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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IDF sees record number of Israeli Arab conscripts
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From March, but still interesting, I think. More fruit of the spirit that led to the Abraham Accords. [Ynet] The 1,000 new soldiers from Israel's largest minority is more than double that of recent years, with Arab troops serving in combat roles in prominent brigades; army says it has also had inquiries from Syria and Leb
More than 1,000 Israeli Arabs have volunteered to serve in the IDF as conscripts or reservists in the past year, and most after the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
crisis began in March, the military's Manpower Directorate said Sunday.
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The number of conscripts from the Arab sector is more than twice that of previous years, and includes Moslems from areas such as Taibe, Qalansuwa and East Jerusalem, Bedouin from the Galilee and Christian Arabs from the north.
Alongside the overall increase in the number of new Israeli Arab troops, the number of those enlisting for combat roles has also increased.
Some 450 new soldiers enlisted as scouts and fighters in the Bedouin patrol unit, while dozens more have joined prominent infantry brigades such as Kfir and Nahal and others still are serving in the Border Police.
The increase in conscripts can be attributed to a Manpower Directorate online initiative through which some 4,000 possible volunteers expressed their interest in joining the IDF this year alone.
To the army's amazement, some of those who expressed an interest came from so-called enemy states in the region. The applications from these countries had to be declined however due to security considerations.
"About 700 would-be volunteers called from Arab countries such as Leb
 ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch...
and Syria, perhaps as part of the change the region is going through. We could not believe the demand," the Manpower Directorate said.
"As a result, we opened a recruitment bureau in the Galilee, where volunteers can study to improve their Hebrew. This branch will be able to recruit a total of up to 2,500 people a year," the Directorate said.
The IDF’s "Ambassadors in Uniform" initiative - which offers opinion leaders in the Arab sector a short introductory term in the army - also doubled this year with over 100 conscripts.
This year also saw a breakthrough in the willingness of young Druze people from the villages of Majdal Shams, Buqata, Mas’ada and Ein Kinya in the northern Golan Heights to enlist.
In the past, the four villages have refrained from expressing formal identification with Israel, out of fear that the Golan Heights would eventually be returned to Syrian control.
The IDF is also preparing to open classrooms for technology studies in several Druze villages and Arab high schools, in order to help them integrate as technicians in the military and allow to acquire a profession for their civilian futures.
"Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis in March, there has been a significant change in the willingness of young people in both the Arab and Haredi sectors to take part in the IDF," said a senior officer in the Manpower Directorate.
The IDF intends to utilize some of its new Arab and ultra-Orthodox conscripts as Home Front Command forces in their respective localities or villages during emergencies, due to the understanding that they best know the local population and its needs.
"In the ultra-Orthodox sector alone, at least three sessions of basic training will begin by the end of April, adding 300 ultra-Orthodox soldiers to the Home Front Command," says the senior officer.
"A momentum has been created, and now the army is perceived differently by both the ultra-Orthodox and Arab public." 
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