Last evening, I had the pleasure of listening to Yoseph Haddad, an Israeli Arab Christian who joined the IDF’s vaunted Golani Brigade. When he joined the IDF he was ridiculed by Arab neighbors who said that “Israel was just using him.” They assured Haddad that once Israel had no more use for his services, they would abandon him.

As it turned out, during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Haddad was severely wounded. He lost one foot and suffered shrapnel wounds throughout his body. As he lay bleeding on the battlefield, he was certain he would not survive. While still conscious, he was aware that he was being lifted on a stretcher by four members of his squad and evacuated by helicopter from the battlefield. His fellow troopers, all of whom were Jewish, had put their lives in great danger........

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