Israel Defense Forces (IDF)

There are some small programs, but the vast majority of military training is performed post-graduation, when the Israeli citizen enlists or is drafted.

Yes, it's power far exceeds it's apparent size.

HUGE

most of the recruits are 18 years old

Shortly, Israel .

Turkey has the largest army in the middle east but in Strategy, technology, nuclear, Israel has advantage on any country in the middle east .

There have been no military coup in Israel

If recalled correctly, this was a two or three part mini-series, probably about 20 years old...Teh title that comes to mind is "Twist of Fate", but not positive

It was called Pursuit: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098540/plotsummary

Israel has a number of regional adversaries who have made it clear that they intend to destroy Israel when they have the opportunity and the ability. So Israel needs to devote an unusually large fraction of its economy to military preparation and readiness, in order to discourage others from pursuing their intentions and desires in that regard, and, basically, just to continue to exist.

France. The IAF was equipped with Dassault Mystere and Mirage aircraft from France during the Six Day War.

There are a lot of things that the acronym IDF can represent. Some options are Israel Defense Force, International Dairy Federation, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

The Israeli air force or the IAF was used on the first day of the war in an operation called "Moked" to wipe out the entire air force's of the countries surrounding Israel. Those counties were Egypt .Jordan Syria and Iraq.

During the first day of the war Israel attacked Egypt's air force (while they were mostly on the ground) and completely destroyed it , then Israel attacked the other countries air forces.

In total after the first day of this 6 days war Israel destroyed 350 air planes out of the 600 the Arabs had with only the 203 air planes Israel had back then. This happened because the Israeli pilots were much better trained and caught the Arabs by surprise. This lead to an Israeli win, without the help of the Allies.

Having superior air power, granted after the elimination of the Egyptian Air Force, allowed Israel to react much more swiftly to the multi-front attack that they were facing, even as ground forces were slower to move from point to point.

If you are an Israeli citizen, you get recruited into the Israeli Defense Force when you graduate high school around age 17/18 you do training for a bit and then have to serve for two or so years.

There have been no military coups in Israel. However, most of Israel's Prime Ministers have been former military generals and war-heroes.

really it used to be Ethiopia but after the haile Selassie assassination the Ethiopian militia went crazy and messed up terribly which concluded as Egypt with more militia power than Ethiopia because of problems in Ethiopia

The Israeli Air Force is considered to be one of the best in the world and the best in the Middle East. 700 air strike aircrafts. 350 are F16. The others are F15, Lavi (Israel creation), Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle.

the IDF is one of the most professional forces in the world.

they have experienced many battles since 1948.

1948-independence war

1956-sinai campaign

1967-6 day war

1973-yom kippur war 967-1973-

1982-first Lebanon war

1987-first intifada

2000-second intifada

2006-second Lebanon war

2008-operation casted led in Gaza.

Israel's special forces are among the best in the world.

Israeli soldiers and different units have been many times in combat situations, and have proved themselves over and over again.

the IDF cannot afford to be less than what they are, because they are the only democracy in the middle east where many if not most of the Muslims around them want to destroy Israel.

Gideon's army started with 32,000 men. But then The Lord told Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, 'My own hand has saved me.' "Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.' " 22,000 men left leaving Gideon with only 10,000 men left. Then again the Lord told Gideon he had too many men, again and again. The Lord said this until only 100 men remained. To answer your question Gideon started with 32,000 men, but ended up fighting the Midianites with only 100. To read a full account read Gideon, Chapter 7.

Israel won the Lebanon war militarily, but Hezbollah may be said to have won politically. Israel achieved its goals, which was to 1) establish a buffer-zone in Southern Lebanon and force Hezbollah to withdraw from this area, 2) reach a complete ceasefire, effectively ceasing the low-scale conflict which had lasted since 1982, 3) bring an end to the rocket attacks, and 4) the deployment of Lebanese Armed Forces in Southern Lebanon. As a result of the war, for the first time in 40 years, the Lebanese state was able to control it's southernmost land militarily. Although Hezbollah officially denies it, an Israeli investigation shows that between 600 and 700 Islamic fighters died during the conflict. Hezbollah lost most of its long-range missiles, and the Israeli Air Force also stroke a serious blow to the rest of Hezbollah's rocket arsenal. In this respect, it's clear that Israel fought a successful war against Hezbollah. However, the amount of damage and devastation visited on Lebanon has become a public relations benefit to Hezbollah.

There are about 170,000 active Duty Soldiers, who are serving their compulsory 3 year service. There are about another 450,000 reservists who serve one month a year, and can be activated during an emergency.

France. The IAF was equipped with Dassault Mystere and Mirage aircraft from France during the Six Day War.

Exodus 17:6 describes how, at one point in the forty-year trek by the Israelites, Moses struck a rock and water gushed out for the thirsty Israelites. However, this miracle raises more questions than it answers. On the face of it, it would seem logistically impossible for at least two and a half million people to queue up at the stream, so presumable only the women did. But even six hundred thousand women would queue for days and would have to return to the queue as soon as they took their water ration back to their tents. And provision would have to be made for the Israelites' livestock to be watered. And it does not tell us how God watered the army for the rest of that long period in the wilderness. These questions are left unanswered.

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Yes.

Numerous Muslims serve in the Israeli Defense Forces. The majority come from Bedouin families as opposed to the Palestinian Israelis, but there are some Palestinian Muslim Israelis who serve proudly in the IDF. Most Bedouins when asked about whether there is a Muslim injunction on fighting other Muslims, they respond by asking: And what about all of the wars between Muslim States? Circassians are another Muslim minority in Israel who serve in the army, but unlike the Bedouins who volunteer, Circassian males are conscripted mandatorily.

There is a requirement for all Jews, all male Druze, and all male Circassians to serve in the Israeli Army. Bedouins and Palestinian Israelis have the choice to enlist or not.

It is worth noting that although Druze are similar to Muslims, both Muslims and Druze believe that the Druze are a distinct religion.