A Channel 2 poll conducted among Israeli teenagers, aged 17 and 18, who are set to be conscripted into the IDF shows that 49 percent identify with the statement “It is good to die for our country.”
Asked whether they agree with the statement, said to be the last words of Zionist war hero Joseph Trumpeldor, 23% say they strongly agree, while 26% say they mostly agree.
IDF soldiers hold up an Israeli flag as they ride in a tank along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, Friday, August 1, 2014. (photo credit: Albert Sadikov/Flash90)
The majority of respondents (61%) maintain that Operation Protective Edge has increased their motivation to join the army, with 29% say that the campaign has significantly boosted their motivation, and 32% saying it has moderately increased their resolve to enlist.
Nine percent say that the operation has made them less eager to join the military.
The poll was conducted by the Geocartography research institute, and had 307 participants.
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