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Beit Arazim: Helping rebuild Israel, one wounded soldier at a time

How Beit Arazim is rebuilding Israel’s leadership from the ground up.

BEIT ARAZIM: Lecture and workshop
IDF combat engineer veteran holding a public event at Boston University. The Hind Rajab Foundation seek a criminal investigation, accusing him of war crimes in Gaza. Pictured in February 2026.

Hind Rajab Foundation asks US Justice Dept. to probe IDF veteran over alleged Gaza war crimes

A pillar of smoke rises after the IDF destroy a Gaza terror tunnel, November 11, 2025.

Hind Rajab Foundation files war crimes complaint against IDF veteran in Austria

Shifra Shahar, CEO of the nonprofit  A Warm Home for Every Soldier

A Fighter for Israel’s Soldiers


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.