Every year, hundreds of Christian Israeli Arabs volunteer to serve in the army and national service, despite not being required to by law.
In Israel, all citizens have mandatory service in the IDF, with the exception of Israel’s Arab Muslims and Aramaic Christians. Yet every year, hundreds of Israeli Arabs volunteer to serve in the army and national service, despite not being required to by law.
Recently, there has been a major increase in the number of Christians volunteering to serve in the IDF.
In this video Israelis from the Aramaic Christian community in Israel explain why it’s so important to volunteer to serve.
In Israel, all citizens have mandatory service in the IDF, with the exception of Israel's Arabic and Aramaic (Christian) communities…yet every year, hundreds of Israeli Arabs volunteer to serve in the army and national service, despite not being required to by law.Recently, there has been an major increase in the number of Christians volunteering to serve in the IDF. We caught up with some of the Israelis from the Aramaic Christian community in Israel to find out why they volunteered to serve:
Posted by StandWithUs on Tuesday, November 21, 2017