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The secret cost of Israel's wars ravaged my family. It's only getting worse

JL;DR SUMMARY Yom HaZikaron offers a poignant moment for reflecting on the unseen toll of Israel's military engagements, particularly the psychological impact of ongoing conflict. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israeli Palestinian ConflictIsraeli SoldiersMental HealthTraumaPtsdPeace ActivismGaza ConflictYom HazikaronPsychological ImpactMilitarization

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"People embrace at the 20th annual Israeli- Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony on Erev Yom Hazikaron at Tel Avivs Anis Cultural Center on April 29."
Southern District, Israel
"when he was 21 years old. He was called up in the middle of that war, and assigned to a unit searching for missing soldiers traumatizing work that had him spend weeks in the Golan Heights and Egypt, sifting through the remnants of battlefields."
Israel
"And as Israels longest post-independence war drags on in Gaza, its time we talked about one of the most devastating but least acknowledged costs of Israels militarization"
Egypt
"when he was 21 years old. He was called up in the middle of that war, and assigned to a unit searching for missing soldiers traumatizing work that had him spend weeks in the Golan Heights and Egypt, sifting through the remnants of battlefields."
Lebanon
"Years later, during the First Lebanon War in 1982, he became consumed with finding more information about missing soldiers in Lebanon and got himself into serious trouble for doing so without authorization."

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