Lebanese Teens Now Joining Israeli National Service

Teen daughters of the SLA members who fled to Israel after the 2000 Liberation are now serving the Israeli government.

To some Lebanese, the South Lebanon Army were traitors. To others, they were victims. But to most Lebanese, it is morally confusing what to make of Jessica Hashem, the 18 year daughter of former SLA members who is now doing her national service in Israel:

Jessica Hashem, an 18-year-old resident of Ma’alot, and daughter of two former SLA members, has been volunteering in the pediatric unit of a Nahariya hospital for the past month. “It is very gratifying,” Hashem said of her service.

“At first I thought of enlisting in the IDF, but my parents refused. My father said it was bad enough that the country stabbed them in the back, and he didn’t want the same thing happening to me.

“I decided that with the motivation I had, I had to do something, so I decided to volunteer in something close to my heart; children and medicine. I was received very well at the unit.,” Hashem explained.

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