{"id":3084,"date":"2014-07-26T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T06:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2014-07-26T08:19:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-26T06:19:46","slug":"answering-a-different-call-americans-who-fight-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=3084","title":{"rendered":"Answering a different call: Americans who fight for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/img\/3.0\/global\/header\/intl\/hdr-globe-central.gif\" alt=\"CNN\" width=\"190\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/07\/23\/world\/meast\/israeli-military-americans\/index.html?hpt=imi_c2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\">Answering a different call: Americans who fight for Israel<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><br \/>\n(CNN)<\/strong> &#8212; Daniel Flesch, then a college student at the University of Illinois, had heard too much anti-Israeli sentiment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"cnn_storypgraphtxt cnn_storypgraph2\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">He had family members who had survived the Holocaust and felt compelled to fight back at what he perceived as a growing level of anti-Semitism in America. So in 2010, he joined Israel&#8217;s military.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"expand13\" class=\"cnn_strylftcntnt cnn_strylftcexpbx\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div class=\"cnn_strylceclbtn\" style=\"display: none;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.e\/img\/3.0\/mosaic\/bttn_close.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"58\" height=\"23\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"videoContainerexpand13\" class=\"parentMediaContainer\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<div id=\"videoContainerexpand13Media\" class=\"mediaContainer\">\n<div id=\"videoContainerexpand13Media-videowrapper\" class=\"cnnvideo_wrapper\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/dam\/assets\/140723162157-pkg-savidge-israel-sean-carmeli-funeral-00002314-story-body.jpg\" alt=\"Watch this video\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"clickToPlayvideoContainerexpand13\" class=\"clickToPlay\" style=\"cursor: pointer;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">&#8220;I just didn&#8217;t want to sit on the sidelines,&#8221; the now-26-year-old said in an interview via Skype. &#8220;I wanted to actually fight back against those who think Israel and the Jewish people should not exist.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wiecej znajdziesz <span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2014\/07\/23\/world\/meast\/israeli-military-americans\/index.html?hpt=imi_c2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\">tu<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answering a different call: Americans who fight for Israel (CNN) &#8212; Daniel Flesch, then a college student at the University of Illinois, had heard too much anti-Israeli sentiment. He had family members who had survived the Holocaust and felt compelled to fight back at what he perceived as a growing level of anti-Semitism in America. 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