Don’t Be Fooled, Open Your Eyes – Thoughts of an IDF Soldier Serving in the West Bank

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Noga Gur-Arieh

December 15, 2015

Yoav, a reservist IDF soldier, serves in the West Bank. After seeing sights you don't read about in the news, he sat down to write this for you. His one request is for you to help spread the truth.

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