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with almost movie-star looks and a face made even more

outside a handful of senior officers in military headquarters

a kitchenette and a room for storing weapons.

the main part had been converted into Israel’s officertraining

training recruits got a five-day leave every few

I would turn out to play a personal role in

we saw his jeep bobbing over the sand towards us. He pulled to a

I could at least make sure we were headed in broadly the right

one driver and one soldier in each. A staff sergeant

on our side of a border that wasn’t even marked.

” he asked. When none of us raised a hand

experience and local knowledge to lead the

to move within a few miles of the border –

000 reservists. He placed the air force on alert. He directed the

he might inadvertently escalate things further.

about how it was obviously a situation which bore watching. But the truth

relying instead on a pool of trained reservists. The problem

at an early stage in our economic development.

at least at the beginning. I still weighed barely 130 pounds

and then changed the subject. I knew it was true