The IDF PTA
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Why do Israeli parents actively involve themselves in their adult children's military service? Why does the Israel Defense Forces put up with it? And why does the IDF need it?
Carrie and Aliza speak with Hanna Beit Halachmi, who runs a group of 30K+ parents of Israeli soldiers, to understand what the dynamic between the IDF, it's soldiers, and their involved families.
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