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	General Information about the IDF - Israel Defense Forces
		The technology-driven Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of the twenty first century is a far cry from the volunteer soldier farmers during the fight for Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the 1940s.
		What has typified the Israeli army throughout its diverse history is its commitment to innovation and its continuous maximization of the resources at its disposal, both human and technological.
		Enemy troops and civilians in areas under the control of the IDF have to be treated with the letter and spirit of the law.
	www.mahal2000.com /information/background/content.htm (2257 words)

	History of the Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were formed following the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel, May 14, 1948 to "defend the existence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the state of Israel" and "to protect the inhabitants of Israel and to combat all forms of terrorism which threaten daily life".
		The predecessors to the IDF were the Haganah (in particular, its operative detachment, the Palmach) and the British armed forces, in particular the Jewish Brigade that fought as part of the British army during World War II.
		Until 1974, the IDF was countering Syrian and Egyptian attacks meant to weaken IDF posts on the border and force the Israeli government to withdraw.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Israeli_Defence_Forces (2722 words)

	Israel Defense Forces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		IDF soldiers will not use their weapons and force to harm human beings who are not combatants or prisoners of war, and will do all in their power to avoid causing harm to their lives, bodies, dignity and property".
		IDF ethics forbid soldiers from making public political affiliations, and subsequently the IDF chief of staff announced that all the signatories would be suspended from flight duty, after which some of the pilots recanted and removed their signature.
		The IDF has historically used a strategy of demolishing houses of suicide bombers, claiming that this is a very effective prevention tactic: Would-be bombers' families sometimes prevent the bomber, sometimes even going as far as informing to the IDF, in the hope of preventing their family-member's death as well as their house being demolished.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Israeli_Defence_Forces (3572 words)

	Encyclopedia: Operation Defensive Shield
		Operation Defensive Shield (In Hebrew, מבצע חומת מגן;) was a large-scale military operation conducted by the Israeli Defence Forces in April 2002.
		By April 3, the IDF was conducting major military operations in all Palestinian cities with the exception of Hebron and Jericho.
		In the fighting in the Jenin refugee camp, there were false allegations of a massacre of Palestinians by IDF forces, as well as allegations of Palestinians militants using civilians as human shields.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Operation-Defensive-Shield (1944 words)

	Israel Defence Forces : Israeli Defence Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Israel Defence Forces (Hebrew: Tsva Haganah Le-Israel, often abbreviated Tsahal) is the name of Israel's armed forces (army, air force and navy).
		The predecessors to the IDF were the Haganah (in particular, its operative detachments, the Palmach[?]) and the British armed forces, in particular the Jewish Brigade that fought during World War II.
		After the establishment of the IDF, it eventually incorporated some personnel and equipment from the Irgun, and to some extent the Stern gang militias which operated during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine.
	www.eurofreehost.com /is/Israeli_Defence_Forces.html (332 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Invasion \| Civil society under attack (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The building was occupied by IDF soldiers from the first day of the reinvasion of Ramallah, 29 March, until 11.45pm on 20 April (neighbours report that Israeli soldiers returned to the building briefly at 3am on 21 April).
		The Israeli forces withdrew from the campus on the night of 20 April and the campus was repossessed by Al-Quds University the next morning.
		It is clear that at some point Israeli soldiers entered and vandalised at least some rooms in the centre: drawers and filing cabinets in the conference room and in the library were opened and their contents -- files, documents, educational video cassettes -- were strewn across the floor.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2002/584/14inv.htm (6606 words)

	Israeli army whitewashes its murder of US peace activist Rachel Corrie
		The Israeli army’s investigation argued in a statement that the soldiers did not see Corrie as she was standing behind the mound of earth “and it was not possible to see her or to hear her voice”.
		The IDF claimed that the organisations, in which hundreds of European and American youth are involved, “contributed to the tragic and distressing results of this incident”.
		In a plan drafted by the IDF and the foreign and defence ministries at the beginning of May, Israel made clear its intention is to stop all foreign peace and pro-Palestinian activists from entering the country and to kick out many of those already there.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/rach-j05_prn.shtml (628 words)

	Israeli Nuclear Forces
		It fact the Israelis were never sure but on count they always believed that man for man and weapon for weapon they could not match the Arabs, at least initially.
		And of sure the Israeli signal worked and this ‘bomb in the basement’ policy worked in their favour as the final result of the October War 1973 indicates.
		The Israeli operation ‘Babylon’, a two minute Entebbe-style raid on the Iraqi nuclear assets at Tammuz (Osirak) was a meticulously planned operation in which US supplied F-16s and F15’s were used and the Iraqis nuclear assets destroyed once for all.
	www.defencejournal.com /2000/nov/israeli.htm (3032 words)

	Elie Hobeika killer file (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Israeli forces overwhelm the Arabs during the following 'Six-Day War' and occupy the Gaza Strip, the Sinai, East Jerusalem, most of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), and the Golan Heights.
		On the Israeli side the Institute for Intelligence and Special Assignments (Mossad) is the principal coordinating agency, although the intelligence branch of the Israeli Defence Forces is also involved.
		Soon after, a semblance of calm is restored in Beirut by the intervention of a multinational force sent in to separate the IDF from the city's Lebanese population.
	www.moreorless.au.com /killers/hobeika.html (5370 words)

	Israeli Air Force : Middle East Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
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		In spite of forces masks infrequently are they used this day, still they their elders do they witness strong and increasingly they do they thank...
	www.gulfunion-bah.com /146-Israeli-Air-Force.html (991 words)

	Middle East profiles: Israeli Defence Force (IDF) - Telegraph
		The IDF is Israel's national army operating under the direction of the Israeli national government.
		The armed forces were created from a union of the four main Jewish militant groups (Haganah, Palamach, Lehi and Irgun) after Israel declared statehood in 1948.
		After the IDF's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, it remained in occupation of the south of the country until April 2000.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/campaigns/middle_east/midwhoisridf.xml (372 words)

	Israel/Occupied Territories: Medical letter writing action: Attacks on health personnel and disrupted health care - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have fired on vehicles trying to reach hospitals causing deaths and injuries, and doctors and other health workers have been killed by army gunfire while travelling in ambulances, in breach of international humanitarian standards.
		He was allowed to cross the first Israeli military checkpoint, but Israeli forces at the entrance of al-Dheisheh refugee camp, close to the hospital, opened fire from a tank, killing Dr al-Khoudari instantly(5).
		Israeli soldiers gave them permission to leave their place of residence, Zeita, but as the car carrying the family approached the military roadblock outside Nablus, soldiers in tanks fired on them, killing Muhammad al-Ha'iq and critically injuring his father.
	web.amnesty.org /ai.nsf/recent/MDE150182002?OpenDocument (3705 words)

	List of people known as war heroes - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Peled, Moshe (); Major General, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored-division commander the Golan Heights during Yom Kippur War; stopped the Syrian assult and in counter-attack managed to destroy about 900 Syrian tanks and pull back the Syrians forces out of the Golan.
		Sharon, Ariel (born February 27, 1928); Major general (aluf in Hebrew), Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored division commander in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; At Yom Kippur War, October 1973, he held off the Egyptian attack, surrounded the Third Egyptian army and breached through the Suez Canal.
		Tal, Israel (born); Major General, Israel, Israeli Defence Forces; was an armored-division commander in Sinai in the Six Day War and Yom Kippur War; the developer of the Merkava Tank.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_people_known_as_war_heroes.html (828 words)

	RTÉ News: Israeli envoy to pass on Irish concerns
		Speaking after a 40 minute meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, and the Minister for Defence, Willie O'Dea, Mr Megiddo said the killing of four UN troops yesterday was 'an accident' but that it had happened in a war zone.
		Afterwards Mr Ahern said that the Irish officer acting as liaison between the UN and the Israeli defence forces had warned them six times that their shelling was too close to UN positions.
		Earlier the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, said he was appalled by the UN deaths and condemned the continuing use by Israel of reckless and disproportionate force.
	www.rte.ie /news/2006/0726/mideast1.html (745 words)

	ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES BLOCK UN DELIVERY OF MEDICINE AND FOOD TO JENIN CAMP
		GAZA, 3 March (UNRWA) – The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have prevented the United Nations from making a delivery of urgently needed medicines, food, blankets and tents to Jenin refugee camp, scene of heavy fighting over the past three days.
		Because of the IDF’s measures, UNRWA has been unable to assess the condition of the refugees and their homes in Jenin camp. Mr.
		Hansen said: “UNRWA is responsible for the well-being of the refugees, for their shelters, for their protection.” By preventing the United Nations from carrying out its humanitarian mandate, the IDF is in contravention of international Conventions covering the protection of civilians during conflicts.
	www.un.org /news/Press/docs/2002/pal1906.doc.htm (319 words)

	Israeli Security Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		Most Israeli citizens upon reaching age 18 are required to serve three years in one of these organizations.
		The IDF operates air, ground and naval forces in order to protect Israel against foreign armies and terrorists.
		Some Israeli SF units such as Sayeret Matkal, Shayetet 13 (naval commando) and the YAMAM are considered to be among the best special forces units in the world (along with the British SAS and the US Delta Force).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Israeli-Security-Forces.htm (869 words)

	PM statement on Israeli Defence Forces
		Prime Minister Tony Blair has welcomed Prime Minister Sharon's announcement that Israel intends to withdraw the Israeli Defence Forces.
		Israeli withdrawal should be an important step toward that objective.
		I shall be discussing this further with the UN Secretary-General in New York on 15 April and with President Bush in Washington on 16 April, and in due course with leaders from the region."
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page5644.asp (284 words)

	Israel: Sharon government steps up attacks on Palestinians
		US marines have been training with the Israeli army at a mock-up of a Palestinian town in the Negev desert and soldiers speaking English have been seen on operations with the Israelis on the West Bank.
		Israeli National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Paritsky has called for an oil pipeline to be reopened between Mosul in northern Iraq and the Israeli port of Haifa.
		The Palestinians would continue to be brutalised by the Israeli army whenever it was deemed that the Palestinian Authority had not done enough to suppress the population, which would continue to be economically dependent on Israel.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/apr2003/isra-a08_prn.shtml (1503 words)

	Israeli defence forces will inevitably lose to the Palestinians : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		And this is happening to the Israeli army and to the Israeli society, almost regardless of who is leading it.
		Unfortunately, the Israeli army insists against all military logic on being present on both sides of the wall.
		More than that, between 1957 and 1967 the number of Israelis who lost their lives as a result of enemy action was just thirty-five.
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1569852 (1379 words)

	ipedia.com: Palestine Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		A large portion of the international community considers "Israeli settlements" in the West Bank to be a in violation of international law, particularly given the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 446 in March 1979, declaring them illegal.
		The Israeli government and some critics world-wide maintain that the wording of these resolutions is extremely ambiguous and no longer relevant due to the changing political situation in the region, while many Palestinians and critics worldwide maintain that they remain not only relevant but essential.
		In the negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government, both parties signed an agreement saying that financial compensation was a necessary and legitimate way of dealing with many of the refugees from both sides.
	www.ipedia.com /palestine.html (2099 words)

	Rachel Corrie family sues US firm and Israel : Melbourne Indymedia
		The Corries have filed separate suits in Israel against the state of Israel, the Israeli Defence Ministry and the Israeli Defence Forces, seeking $324,000 as damages.
		Israeli forces have demolished hundreds of homes in Rafah during the past four years of violence in operations against resistance fighters and in attempts to uncover weapons-smuggling tunnels dug under the Gaza-Egypt border.
		The Israeli army said Corrie died after being hit by a concrete slab that slid down a mound of earth and that the bulldozer driver never saw her.
	melbourne.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=89319 (440 words)

	Israel Defense Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		No direct social benefits are tied to completion of military service, but doing it is sometimes required for attaining security clearance and serving in some types of government positions (in most cases, security-related); Israeli Arabs claim, however, that this puts them at a disadvantage.
		Israel's military technology is most famous for its guns, armored vehicles (tanks, tank-converted APCs, armoured bulldozers etc) and rocketry (missiles and rockets).
		In 1992, the IDF has written down a Code of Conduct that is a combination of international law, Israeli law, Jewish heritage and the IDF's own traditional ethical code - Ruach Tzahal רוח צה"ל ("The Spirit of the IDF").
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/I/Israel-Defense-Forces.htm (2524 words)

	Glossary
		His family and friends, convinced of his innocence, forced the reopening of the case, and in the late 1890s the impassioned dispute over it split the country.
		In 1947 it clashed openly with British forces and with the forces of the Palestinian Arabs and their allies.
		Formed as an umbrella organization by refugee groups and fedayeen (commando) forces, such as Al Fatah, Al Saiqa, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, it was also joined by professional, labor, and student associations, as well as some individual members; the fedayeen, however, have always dominated it.
	www.dadalos.org /int/Vorbilder/vorbilder/Glossar/glossar.htm (4365 words)

	PALESTINE: Israeli assault leaves massive destruction
		RAMALLAH — Despite widespread reports in the mainstream media that Israeli troops have withdrawn from Palestinian cities (excluding the area around Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity), the Israeli military presence continues to be felt in all areas.
		Israeli tanks and military jeeps patrol the streets, and in these areas residents continue to face regular house searches by Israeli troops, cutting of electricity supply and phone lines, and confinement to their homes.
		Ministry employees were forced to wait outside in the cold for over six hours while Israeli soldiers wreaked havoc inside — breaking down doors, destroying files, confiscating property and materials and destroying equipment.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2002/490/490p15.htm (1559 words)

	A day in Jabalia camp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
		The situation in northern Gaza has been of grave concern since the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) launched their operation "Days of Penitence" at the end of September.
		The operation ended on 15 October, and now stands as the heaviest IDF incursion into the Gaza Strip (in terms of casualties) since the beginning of the second Intifada in 2000.
		The IDF repeated that it was doing its best to avoid civilian casualties, but the intensity and duration of the fighting has been traumatic for thousands of residents in Jabalia and the surrounding neighbourhoods.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/665JAA?OpenDocument (673 words)

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