The IDF in 10 Minutes

Podcast: Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time · Adam Diament

Opublikowano: 2026-10-12

Forged in the crucible of 1948 from the underground militias of the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi, the Israel Defense Forces emerged as the unified sword and shield of a newborn state fighting for its very existence. From the desperate battles of independence through the lightning victories and hard-won survivals of later wars, the IDF has remained both a people's army—drawing conscripts from every corner of Israeli society—and the living embodiment of the Zionist resolve that a Jewish people, once defenseless in exile, would never again stand without the means to protect itself.