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After the military’s failures during the 1973 Yom Kippur War and its 1982 invasion of Lebanon, angry reservists returned from the front to protest and drove Prime Ministers Golda Meir and Menachem Begin to resign.
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Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
The few young reservists encountered in Beirut appeared listless and demoralized; some openly cried.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Thousands of businesses suffered as reservists abandoned their civilian lives to take up arms, and the country’s economy is shrinking at an alarming rate.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
And the retirement age of army reservists has been temporarily extended to boost troop numbers.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
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Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
The few young reservists encountered in Beirut appeared listless and demoralized; some openly cried.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
Thousands of businesses suffered as reservists abandoned their civilian lives to take up arms, and the country’s economy is shrinking at an alarming rate.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
And the retirement age of army reservists has been temporarily extended to boost troop numbers.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Reservist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reservist. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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reservist
noun
re·serv·ist
ri-ˈzər-vəst 
: a member of a military reserve
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