IDF updates appearance guidelines, permits soldiers to grow beards without special approval
For the first time in IDF history, all soldiers are now allowed to grow beards without special approval, marking a major shift in military regulations.
TROOPS ON PATROL. ‘Reflecting back, I find it uncanny how quickly the gut-wrenching experience retreated to the background; how, during emergencies, incidents that in normal times would be extraordinary, quickly disappeared in the rear-view mirror as the brigade moved on to its next missions.’ (photo credit: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)ByMAARIV, JERUSALEM POST STAFFUpdated: