National service israel

Daughter of former prisoners now serves in Israel Prison Service uniform to support at-risk youth

Sari Shriki, 19, who grew up in a youth facility, is volunteering with the Israel Prison Service through a national service track for at-risk youth.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sari Shriki, 19, who grew up in a youth facility, is volunteering with the Israel Prison Service through a national service track for at-risk youth.
Arab students at a school in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, January 17, 2023; illustrative.

Supermajority of Israeli Arab students support non-security-linked national service, study finds

A new study reveals that 75% of Israeli Arab 12th-grade students support volunteering for non-security national service. There is also strong backing for Arab parties joining the next coalition.

|ByJAMES GENN
Diaspora volunteers in Israel’s national service program help families displaced by Iran war. Shalem Bat Ami volunteer with displaced families.

Diaspora volunteers in Israel’s national service program help families displaced by Iran war

Volunteers from Jewish communities abroad serving in Israel’s national civilian service program took on emergency roles helping displaced families and children after the war with Iran.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A soldier stands guard and defends the Sderot MDA station on October 7

Maryland to MDA: How an oleh found his place on Israel’s front lines

An American oleh serving as an MDA paramedic reflects on his aliyah story and the intense realities of working Israel’s emergency front lines.

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

National Service volunteers in Eilat now eligible for free public transport

Until now, the volunteers received free trips only up to Arava Junction, where they then had to fund the remainder of their journeys to Eilat – amounting to NIS 58 each way.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014BySHARON UDASIN
Eilat

B'Tselem banned from National-Civilian Service

Sar-Shalom Djerbi: B'Tselem helps Israel's enemies and spreads lies about Israel and the IDF around the world.

AUGUST 14, 2014ByLAHAV HARKOV
Demonstrators burn an Israeli national flag during an anti-Israel protest