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Israel/Palestine

Mosby

(16,330 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 02:25 PM Sep 2012

An officer and a Muslim Zionist

"From the age of zero I was told that Israel stole Palestine from us, but when I was 14 I woke up. I discovered that Jews are not bad," says Major Ala Wahib, an operations officer at a key IDF training base, and the highest-ranked Muslim officer in the Israeli army.

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=5727

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An officer and a Muslim Zionist (Original Post) Mosby Sep 2012 OP

Wow! Bradlad Sep 2012 #1

Awesome! n/t shira Sep 2012 #2

Brave. nt King_David Sep 2012 #3

This is a pretty neat story. AverageJoe90 Sep 2012 #4

Awesome !!!! zellie Sep 2012 #5

Bradlad

(206 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to Mosby (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 04:46 PM

Sep 2012

Great story of a brave effort to take control of one's life and purposely redefine the identity they were given in a positive way. Few of us would have that strength of purpose, myself included.