Comments on: Email from Israel http://www.yourish.com/2006/02/28/785 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/02/28/785/comment-page-1#comment-2890 Michael Lonie Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:28:59 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/02/28/785#comment-2890 Every so often you run across something that emphasizes just how vulnerable Israel is. I read once about a swearing in ceremony used before the 1967 War, I don't remember which corps of Zahal used it. They trucked the recruits down to the beach near Tel Aviv, where Israel is narrowest, and stood them with their backs to the water. They were at the very edge of the sea, the waves lapping at their boot heels. Then the officers pointed to a line of low hills a few klicks away, easily visible. "That's Jordan, enemy territory." There, with their backs to the sea and in sight of enemy territory, they took their oaths of service. Every so often you run across something that emphasizes just how vulnerable Israel is.

I read once about a swearing in ceremony used before the 1967 War, I don’t remember which corps of Zahal used it. They trucked the recruits down to the beach near Tel Aviv, where Israel is narrowest, and stood them with their backs to the water. They were at the very edge of the sea, the waves lapping at their boot heels. Then the officers pointed to a line of low hills a few klicks away, easily visible. “That’s Jordan, enemy territory.” There, with their backs to the sea and in sight of enemy territory, they took their oaths of service.

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