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Source: http://www.thejc.com/news/israel-news/153981/hes-one-israels-top-soldiers-his-friends-he-a-traitor?
Israel's Highest-Ranking Muslim Soldier
(Jewish Chronicle-UK) Josh Jackman - On a speaking tour in Britain to combat Israeli Apartheid Week, Major Alaa Wahib, 36, who grew up in a village in the Galilee, said he never imagined he would be part of the Israel Defense Forces, let alone become its most-decorated Muslim soldier. His father had served in the Israel Police and told his son to join the army. "If someone is firing rockets from Gaza, they may be an Arab, but their rocket can hit my house as well," he says. "Slowly but surely I began to fall in love with the people in my unit. My life never felt like it was less important than their lives. We became brothers in arms. I am happy with that, because every moment of cooperation between Israeli Arabs and Israeli Jews reduces the risk of war, and makes the chances for peace higher."