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‘Nothing like it in the world’

“I made the decision in 12th grade, when everyone wanted to go to university. I decided that I wanted something different than my friends.”

Yam Elias, an IDF lone soldier from Mexico.
Yam Elias, an IDF lone soldier from Mexico.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
ByALAN ROSENBAUM
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 21:29
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