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Amos Harel

Amos Harel is the senior military correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. His newest book, T’da Kol Em Ivreea: The New face of the IDF, was published in Hebrew in March.

  • Israeli female soldiers of the Karakal Battalion with their faces painted in camouflage photograph themselves before a graduation march in the northern part of the Negev desert, on March 13, 2013.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli female soldiers of the Karakal Battalion with their faces painted in camouflage photograph themselves before a graduation march in the northern part of the Negev desert, on March 13, 2013.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Why Were Those IDF Recruits Dancing With Their Guns? One Word: Facebook

    The IDF’s veteran commanders fear that easier access to Internet and softer treatment of new recruits create lax fighters

    byAmos Harel
  • Israeli soldiers control a Skylark drone during a drill on Jan. 16, 2012, near Bat Shlomo, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    Israeli soldiers control a Skylark drone during a drill on Jan. 16, 2012, near Bat Shlomo, Israel. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Are the Israel Defense Forces Finally Ready for the Next Lebanon War?

    Israel’s failures in 2006 foreshadow the challenges that lie ahead in a fractured Middle East—and the coming wars there

    byAmos Harel
  • A cloud from an explosion rises near the Syrian village of Al' Rafide at the border with Israel May 7, 2013.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    A cloud from an explosion rises near the Syrian village of Al' Rafide at the border with Israel May 7, 2013.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
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    Neighborhood Bully

    Why the Israel Defense Forces hit Syria—and why they believe that Assad won’t hit back

    byAmos Harel
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