At an IDF base in the Golan, off-duty reserve soldiers cut loose with BBQ and music
They let us — the musicians — into the IDF base in the Golan Heights easily enough. We pull right up to the gate and the young guard comes out, regarding us quizzically. But we are expected, and we know the magic words: “Dafna’s permission.” So they just wave us through, and into the sprawling compound we go. It’s just another Thursday night in Israel’s new reality, and even citizen-soldiers […]