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Source: http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/why-i-tour-us-israeli-soldier
Why I Tour the U.S. as an Israeli Soldier
(New York Jewish Week) Elad and Lital - Lital and I participated in the 6th "Israeli Soldiers Tour," speaking on campuses throughout the Northeast. Sponsored by StandWithUs, the tour features reserve duty soldiers who recount their personal experiences. We put a human face to the IDF uniform. Lital is proud of her service in the IDF, and chose service in the border police unit. She served in checkpoints aimed at thwarting terrorist attacks. Lital tells a harrowing tale of a woman in labor, screaming in pain, who arrived in an ambulance at a checkpoint between Israel and the West Bank. She is 18-years old. What would you do? In that split second, Lital made the executive decision to check the ambulance to ensure that nothing harmful was being transported into Israel. She found an explosive device hidden under one of the seats.