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Ser ving in the Israeli Ar med Forces For nearly 2 , 000 years , the Jewish people had no army of its own . Then , the Haganah was created to protect the Jewish settlers of Palestine . The Haganah , or Defense , was small and poorly armed , but it was able to win the War of Independence in 1948 . Today , Israel’s army is known as Tz’va Haganah Leyisrael , the Israeli Defense Forces––Tzahal , or IDF for short . In many countries , citizens may choose to join the armed forces . In Israel , most Israeli teens are drafted into the armed forces at age 18 . Boys serve for 3 years , while girls serve for 20 months . The IDF is made up of several different corps , including the army , navy , and air force . There are many highly specialized jobs to be filled in the IDF . A soldier might drive a tank , parachute from a plane , train other soldiers to use sophisticated electronic equipment , fly a helicopter , navigate a submarine , or serve in the military police . There are also computer programmers , medics , teachers , translators , rabbis , cooks , and photographers in the IDF . Israeli teens also get the right to vote when they are 18 . Members of the Haganah defending Jewish settlements in 1947
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