Levy illustrates the direct connection between these phenomena and various sociological changes that have occurred within the Israeli army in recent years. First and foremost, he points out the gradual withdrawal of the old Ashkenazi middle class from the ranks of the combat forces and their replacement by new groups: settlers and religious Zionists, ex-Soviets and Ethiopian immigrants, Mizrahim, and Druze.

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