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JERUSALEM (AP) — It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. Th...

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract. Citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. That contract was

The infiltration caught Israel’s storied high-tech army completely unaware and stunned a country that prides itself on military prowess. - For Years, They Trusted The Army To Defend And Inform Them; Now Many Israelis Feel Abandoned

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract. Citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. That contract was

It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. The infiltration caught Israel’s storied high-tech army completely unaware and stunned a country that prides itself on military prowess.

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract. Citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. That contract was

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract.

Holed up inside homes and safe rooms as militants sprayed bullets, torched homes and hurled grenades, they turned in desperation to social media, to journalists and to friends, beseeching the army to save them.

It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them.

Most Israelis thought it was an ironclad social contract.