{"id":14419,"date":"2026-05-21T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/?p=14419"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T09:50:02","slug":"amerikaner-israel-citizens-idf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/en\/latest\/amerikaner-israel-citizens-idf\/","title":{"rendered":"US Citizens in the IDF \u2014 Why Is Nobody Talking About It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>In this video, released exclusively in German on our channel, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses the surprisingly high number of American citizens serving in the Israeli military, as well as the political, social and moral questions this phenomenon raises in the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p>This video was produced by System Update and published on the Glenn Greenwald YouTube channel on the 16th of May, 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">To read the transcript of the interview: <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actvism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/US-Citizens-in-the-IDF-\u2014-Why-Is-Nobody-Talking-About-It_.docx.pdf\">US Citizens in the IDF \u2014 Why Is Nobody Talking About It?<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container\" data-sal=\"slide-up\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" data-sal-delay=\"200\"><div class=\"row justify-content-md-center pb-3\"><div class=\"cnt_col\">\n<p class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">We are transitioning away from YouTube. 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