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Israeli Soldiers Stories- touring the States, spreading the truth

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April 3, 2013

In recent years, Israel haters spread anti-Israeli propaganda  via social networks and during IAW, which is filled with false information and contains mainly lies about the IDF.

Truth is, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have over 700,000 citizen soldiers and reservists, who are expected to live up to the IDF's ethical standards.

Unfortunately, in the IDF, like in any army, some soldiers violate the rules of combat, and neglect those standards.  Those violations are being investigated, and the offenders are being punished.

Those who are out trying to disgrace Israel, avoid making an educational criticism , and present the violators as part of the IDF's agenda. Many allegations of such claim that there were instances of misconduct during Israel's operation Cast Lead in Gaza. These, along with similar accusations, are based on unverified hearsay, and are proving to be false.  As  a result, many former soldiers, who still serve 30 days a month as reservist soldiers (Milu'im,) felt the need to go abroad and tell the true stories of the IDF.  They do it in the Israeli Soldiers Stories movement (ISS), of the Stand with Us organization.

Stand With Us, an international non-profit organization, is dedicated to informing the population of the world about Israel, and to help fight the hate and anti-Semitism by simply acknowledging. The members of the organizations come from the U.S, Israel, UK and France.  They use print materials, speakers, conferences, missions to Israel and campaigns, both face to face and online to follow their mission. Stand With Us conducts various projects and activities throughout the world, such as the” target=”_blank”>here.

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