Israeli Seminary Students Counter Anti-IDF Film With Personal Stories
Translated & summarized from Makor Rishon by baba
Students from the Amit Lahava seminary in Kedumim have released a video countering the film 'Naza,' which they claim depicts IDF soldiers negatively. The students share personal stories of their family members serving in the IDF, aiming to present a different narrative. They quote historical texts to assert Jewish connection to the land. The head of the Kedumim council praised the students' initiative against what he called propaganda.
The story in 6 lines · by baba
- Israeli seminary students released a video responding to a film they say portrays IDF soldiers as enemies.
- The students aim to share the authentic perspective of religious Zionist young women from the West Bank.
- They highlight that their family members are serving in the IDF, leaving their homes to defend the country.
- The students push back against a one-sided and distorted global narrative about the soldiers.
- They quote historical texts to assert the Jewish people's right to the land.
- The head of the Kedumim Local Council praised the students' initiative against propaganda.
Students from the Amit Lahava seminary in the Kedumim local council have released a video responding to a film titled 'Naza,' which they say portrays IDF soldiers as enemies. The students aim to present the authentic perspective of religious Zionist young women from the West Bank.
In their video, the students state, "We are not speaking from the sidelines, this is our reality." They explain that since the war began, their family members have enlisted in the IDF, leaving behind their homes and routines to defend the country. The students are pushing back against what they describe as a one-sided and distorted global narrative.
"It hurts us to see a film that presents our soldiers and our army through a narrative we simply don't recognize," they say. While acknowledging the right to criticism and questioning, they emphasize, "When those who protect us are presented as the enemy, we cannot remain silent. Behind every soldier is a family, behind every uniform is a person, and behind every story is a reality worth understanding."
At the end of the video, against the backdrop of a waving Israeli flag, the students quote Shimon the Hasmonean, asserting the Jewish people's right to the land: "We did not take a foreign land, nor did we claim as our own the property of others, but the inheritance of our ancestors."
Ouziel Vatik, head of the Kedumim Local Council, praised the initiative, stating, "I am proud of the girls of our Lahava seminary, who refuse to bow their heads to the industry of lies and propaganda against IDF soldiers." He added that the youth in Kedumim are raised on values of love for the land, devotion to the state, and speaking the truth, and that these girls are bravely presenting the reality experienced daily, embodying the spirit of the settlement movement.
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