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        12/26/2007, Tevet 17, 5768

      Study: Nahal Hareidi Soldiers Overwhelmingly Employed


      A survey conducted among alumnae of the Netzach Yehuda Nahal Hareidi military unit revealed that over 90 percent are currently employed. The independent survey stands in contrast to a November Van Leer Center study noting that among hareidi citizens not having served in the IDF, approximately 40 percent are employed.

      Nahal Hareidi, a religiously strict battalion of the Kfir Brigade based in the Jordan Valley, contains three companies and an elite counter-terror squad.  It was founded eight years ago with a single company. The soldiers of Netzach Yehuda man checkpoints, patrol the Jordanian border and conduct arrest raids in nearby Arab centers.