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Language barrier lands immigrant soldier in military police detention
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: military court, marijuana 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for July 3, 2008.

Even at an early age while growing up in Belgium, Netanel Ben Simon knew he wanted to be a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces. Netanel began realizing his dream one month ago, when he made aliyah, but his plans almost went up in smoke recently due to his poor grasp of the Hebrew language.


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      1.   Language barrier or Drug use?? 10:43  |  TW 04/07/08
      2.   distorted perceptions 12:01  |  max 04/07/08
      3.   IDF paratrooper need to speak proper Hebrew, so this young man 12:16  |  Benjamina 04/07/08
      4.   TW... you don`t get it, do you??? 13:00  |  Lital 04/07/08
      5.   #4 No you don`t get it 14:14  |  L A 04/07/08
      6.   Drug use by Belgian immigrant 14:42  |  Max 04/07/08
      7.   Both just as dangerous 14:48  |  AliciaYasmeen 04/07/08
      8.   Soldiers especially should not be using drugs 14:58  |  Your Mother 04/07/08
      9.   How can he do army service with such poor hebrew?? 16:38  |  Jo 04/07/08
      10.   Not about rights - It`s all about responsibility & maturity. 17:03  |  common sense 04/07/08
      11.   Marijuana Use 17:16  |  Alison 04/07/08
      12.   The Burning Bush 17:37  |  Tex 04/07/08
      13.   legalize it 17:48  |  sir smokes alot 04/07/08
      14.   Olim must be punished for their stupidity in coming to IL 17:53  |  MK 04/07/08
      15.   #4 Lital - Language problems 19:30  |  * BEN JABO 04/07/08
      16.   EVERYBODY SMOKES MARIHUANA IN ARMY 19:32  |  HAYAL 04/07/08
      17.   #9 Jo - Jerusalem 19:33  |  * BEN JABO 04/07/08
      18.   As a paratrooper one must try to get "higher"... 19:55  |  ManintheMiddle 04/07/08
      19.   torah, page 1 21:20  |  simon 04/07/08
      20.   Pot Smoking Is Big With Lefties and Liberals 22:00  |  Yosemite 04/07/08
      21.   Come on. Give the young man at least some credit 22:05  |  Jozef 04/07/08
      22.   Doesn`t anyone wonder where the drug was grown 05:23  |  * BEN JABO 05/07/08
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