Bedouin who serve in Israel's army

[oberliner]

The traditional view of the Arab-Israeli conflict is of Jews fighting Muslims. But that image does not always reflect the truth.

In fact, there are thousands of Muslim Bedouin who serve in the Israeli army, or IDF, and even bear arms against their fellow Muslims in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.

They do so although it is not compulsory for them to serve in the Israeli military, as it is for most Israeli Jews, and sometimes military service comes with a price tag.

"I will do whatever is required from me to do the job with the full faith in the service of the Israeli state," asserts Maj Fehd Fallah, a Bedouin from the village of Saad in the Israeli occupied Golan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8303634.stm

[tabatha]

1. They also are primarily responsible for looking after

St Catherine's monastery in Sinai. They use cell phones while riding their camels.