Israeli soldiers participate in a military operation in Sderot, south Israel
‘Foreign Fighters’ For Israel -- Washington Post
The deaths on July 20 of two Americans serving in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) provided an opening for critics of Israel to compare them to the foreign fighters of the Islamic State, formerly referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Similar complaints have already called for other governments to criminalize volunteering for Israel to create equivalence to the prosecution of would-be jihadi Islamists. The IDF reports 4,600 foreign “Lone Soldiers” currently serving, over one-third of whom are American (it is unclear how many hold dual citizenship). Are IDF Lone Soldiers comparable to al-Qaeda-inspired jihadis or the volunteer brigades who joined the Spanish Civil War?
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More News On the Foreign Volunteers Who Serve In Israel's Army
How many Americans have joined the Israeli military? -- AP
Americans Fight for Israel as 'Lone Soldiers' in Gaza Strip -- NBC
American Jews, Other 'Lone Soldiers' Serve Israel -- AP
Israel’s lone soldiers: How the young Americans killed fighting in the Gaza Strip followed in the footsteps of Jews from round the world who volunteer to fight for the IDF -- Daily Mail
Americans fight as volunteer Israel soldiers in Gaza Strip -- Lawyer Herald
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