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Israel: Celebrating Freedom While Serving Army Duty

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Israel, Arts & Culture, War & Conflict, Youth

Yoav, a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, writes about celebrating the Passover holiday while on duty. Passover celebrates the freedom of the Jews from oppression. He blogs [1]: “Only when celebrating the festival of freedom, while wearing a uniform and holding a gun, you can understand the importance of IDF's mere existence.”