Idf veteran

Zack Polanski signs letter calling for investigation, screening of IDF vets with UK citizenship

Polanski joined British politicians and activists urging the UK government to probe IDF veterans and implement airport screening for potential war crimes.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski gives a speech to party supporters at the Church of Saint John the Evangelist on May 2, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales.
UK AND Israeli flags together at a march in London.

British anti-Israel groups call to screen IDF veterans at UK border

View of the Tel Aviv University campus. May 15, 2025.

TAU enrolls approx. 100 injured IDF veterans under new framework without psychometric exam

 UNIT 8200 soldiers in action – working with data.

Tax Authority wants army tech veterans tied to Israel


IDF veterans tour US college campuses to change narrative on Israeli-Arab conflict

Dana Ophir and Matan Rutger, former IDF soldiers that were wounded during their service, toured close to a dozen colleges on the East Coast.

 Wounded-in-action IDF veterans toured American college campuses and tried to change the narrative towards the conflict.

Where to house traumatized IDF soldiers? Defense Min. debates

The Defense Ministry committee will examine the unique needs of IDF disabled people dealing with post-trauma – specifically in the field of housing.

IDF soldiers of the ultra-Orthodox 'Nahal Brigade' seen silhouetted holding their weapons at an Israeli army base in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 31, 2014.

IDF captain who stopped Syrian forces in Yom Kippur War dies at 71

Israel's Brigadier General Emi Plant helped stop Syrian forces in the battles of the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War, despite harrowing odds.

 MAPPING OUT the Yom Kippur War in the Northern Command, October 10, 1973.

Can PTSD be diagnosed via saliva? - study

Thanks to this study, it could be possible, in the future, to use objective molecular and biological characteristics to diagnose PSTD sufferers, taking into account environmental influences.

 PTSD BATTLES are often fought alone.

Car, housing bill for disabled veterans, more One Soul reforms announced

A new IDF "One Soul" reform to ease to process for soldiers seeking disability status was announced by Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

 Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Israeli soldiers and Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers seen during a march honoring IDF wounded and disabled IDF, in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2021

Defense Ministry implements One Soul reform for disabled IDF veterans

The Rehabilitation Division has begun to implement recommendations from the Committee for Preventing Violence and Suicide Among Disabled IDF Veterans.

 Israeli Minister of Defense Benny Gantz, Israeli soldiers and Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers seen during a march honoring IDF wounded and disabled IDF, in Tel Aviv, November 17, 2021

This Jewish-American organization is helping IDF soldiers with PTSD with dogs

Dogs4Soldiers, under the Belev Echad organization, combines dog therapy with other treatment methods to help IDF veterans battling PTSD.

 Stav Mizrachi at a Belev Echad weekend; tattoo of his dog.

Itzik Saidian makes first public appearance since self-immolation

Saidian was greeted by President Isaac Herzog at an event hosted by Sheba Medical Center, where he has been hospitalized in the hospital's burn unit since the self-immolation.

 President Isaac Herzog and disabled IDF veteran Itzik Saidian

IDF soldiers scarred from service come to New York to heal

The trip was part of the flagship program of an organization called “Belev Echad” (Hebrew for “With One Heart”), which began as an impromptu initiative to help wounded IDF soldiers in need.

 THE MAY 2022 Belev Echad delegation pose in front of the Brooklyn Bridge, on May 15, 2022.

Disabled IDF veteran attempts to self-immolate in Jerusalem

The IDF veteran was stopped by police and firefighting forces while soaked in gasoline.

Israeli veterans and disabled IDF soldiers protest outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, for better financial and medical aid and support,  May 5, 2021.