Military Organization; pre-1948 right-wing terrorist organization
fashla, fashlot (pl.) slang for “blunder”
FLIR forward-looking infrared; a night-vision system for aircraft and helicopters
FOSH (Plugot Sadeh) Field Companies; organized by Hagana in 1937-1938
GADNA (Gdudei Noar) Youth Battalions; a paramilitary organization for youths run by the IDF
gafir, gafirim (pl.) Jewish police officer working for the British authorities
Galil Israeli-made assault rifle
garin, garinim (pl.) “cores” of NACHAL youths earmarked for new settlements
gesher ha-glilim roller bridge used in the 1973 October War to cross the Suez Canal
GHQ general headquarters
Gush Emunim Bloc of the Faith; a group of extreme right-wing nationalist Jews in the Occupied Territories
hachshara, hachsharot (pl.) PALMACH training group
HAGA (Hagana Ezrachit) Civil Defense Organization
Hagana Defense; the Jewish self-defense force in Palestine before 1948
hagana merchavit territorial defense
Ha-shomer The Guard; the second Jewish self-defense organization in Palestine after Bar Giora
Histadrut Labor Federation
IAF Israel Air Force
IAI Israel Aircraft Industries
IDF Israeli Defense Force
KABA (Kvutsat-echut) Quality Group; a system of classifying recruits by quality
KABAN, KABANIM (pl.) (ktsin beriut nefesh) mental health officer
Kfir Lion Cub; the Israeli-built light fighter-bomber
kibbuts, kibbutsim (pl.) communal settlement where all property is held in common
kippot sruggot literally, “knitted yarmulkes”; the nickname for right-wing nationalist orthodox Jews
Knesset the Israeli parliament
kofer ha-yishuv the Yishuv ’s ransom; the tax imposed by the Jewish community in Palestine in 1929
Lavi Young Lion; the Israeli-built fighter-bomber that never flew
LECHI (Lochame Cherut Yisrael) Israel’s Freedom Fighters; a pre-1948 right-wing terrorist organization
LIC low intensity conflict
Likud Unity; the right-wing political party that has dominated Israel during most of the years since 1977
Maarachot Campaigns ; the IDF’s periodical (monthly)
maarav, maaravim (pl.) ambush
MABAT (Mifalim Bitchoniyim) Defense Plants; an arms-manufacturing subsidiary of IAI
MADAS, MADASit (fem.) Madrich Sport; a physical training instructor
maoz, meozim (pl.) bunker
MAFCHASH (Mifkedet Kochot Ha-sadeh) ground forces headquarters
MAFDAL (Miflaga Datit Leumit) National Religious Party
MAPAI (Mifleget Poale Erets Yisrael) Workers’ Party of the Land of Israel; ancestor of the modern Labor Party
mateh staff
MATKAL (Mateh Klali) General Staff
mechdal oversight
Merkava Chariot; an Israeli-built tank
milchemet brera “war of choice”; the biblical term sometimes used in modern Israel to describe a war in which it took the initiative
mirdaf, mirdafim (pl.) pursuit
Mishmar Ha-gvul Frontier Guard
Mispenot Yisrael Israeli Shipyards
mistanen, mistanenim (pl.) infiltrators
Moav (Moab) long-range UAV reportedly being considered by the IDF for combating surface-to-surface missiles
MLRS multiple rocket launching system
MOS military occupation specialty
moshav different types of communal settlements in which the land, but not agricultural implements, are owned in common
Mossad Institution; Israel’s foreign secret service
NACHAL (Noar Chalutsi Lochem) Fighting-Pioneer Youth, the army’s corps of pioneers in uniform
NAGMASH, NAGMASHim (pl.) ( nose geyasot meshuryan ) armored personnel carrier
NAGMASHA, NAGMASHot (pl.) ( noset geyasot meshuryenet ) heavy armored personnel carrier on tank chassis
NCO noncommissioned officer
NILI (Netsach Yisrael Lo Yeshaker) Israel Will Live Forever; Jewish espionage ring in Palestine during World War I
noter, notrim (pl.) Jewish police officer working for the British
fashla, fashlot (pl.) slang for “blunder”
FLIR forward-looking infrared; a night-vision system for aircraft and helicopters
FOSH (Plugot Sadeh) Field Companies; organized by Hagana in 1937-1938
GADNA (Gdudei Noar) Youth Battalions; a paramilitary organization for youths run by the IDF
gafir, gafirim (pl.) Jewish police officer working for the British authorities
Galil Israeli-made assault rifle
garin, garinim (pl.) “cores” of NACHAL youths earmarked for new settlements
gesher ha-glilim roller bridge used in the 1973 October War to cross the Suez Canal
GHQ general headquarters
Gush Emunim Bloc of the Faith; a group of extreme right-wing nationalist Jews in the Occupied Territories
hachshara, hachsharot (pl.) PALMACH training group
HAGA (Hagana Ezrachit) Civil Defense Organization
Hagana Defense; the Jewish self-defense force in Palestine before 1948
hagana merchavit territorial defense
Ha-shomer The Guard; the second Jewish self-defense organization in Palestine after Bar Giora
Histadrut Labor Federation
IAF Israel Air Force
IAI Israel Aircraft Industries
IDF Israeli Defense Force
KABA (Kvutsat-echut) Quality Group; a system of classifying recruits by quality
KABAN, KABANIM (pl.) (ktsin beriut nefesh) mental health officer
Kfir Lion Cub; the Israeli-built light fighter-bomber
kibbuts, kibbutsim (pl.) communal settlement where all property is held in common
kippot sruggot literally, “knitted yarmulkes”; the nickname for right-wing nationalist orthodox Jews
Knesset the Israeli parliament
kofer ha-yishuv the Yishuv ’s ransom; the tax imposed by the Jewish community in Palestine in 1929
Lavi Young Lion; the Israeli-built fighter-bomber that never flew
LECHI (Lochame Cherut Yisrael) Israel’s Freedom Fighters; a pre-1948 right-wing terrorist organization
LIC low intensity conflict
Likud Unity; the right-wing political party that has dominated Israel during most of the years since 1977
Maarachot Campaigns ; the IDF’s periodical (monthly)
maarav, maaravim (pl.) ambush
MABAT (Mifalim Bitchoniyim) Defense Plants; an arms-manufacturing subsidiary of IAI
MADAS, MADASit (fem.) Madrich Sport; a physical training instructor
maoz, meozim (pl.) bunker
MAFCHASH (Mifkedet Kochot Ha-sadeh) ground forces headquarters
MAFDAL (Miflaga Datit Leumit) National Religious Party
MAPAI (Mifleget Poale Erets Yisrael) Workers’ Party of the Land of Israel; ancestor of the modern Labor Party
mateh staff
MATKAL (Mateh Klali) General Staff
mechdal oversight
Merkava Chariot; an Israeli-built tank
milchemet brera “war of choice”; the biblical term sometimes used in modern Israel to describe a war in which it took the initiative
mirdaf, mirdafim (pl.) pursuit
Mishmar Ha-gvul Frontier Guard
Mispenot Yisrael Israeli Shipyards
mistanen, mistanenim (pl.) infiltrators
Moav (Moab) long-range UAV reportedly being considered by the IDF for combating surface-to-surface missiles
MLRS multiple rocket launching system
MOS military occupation specialty
moshav different types of communal settlements in which the land, but not agricultural implements, are owned in common
Mossad Institution; Israel’s foreign secret service
NACHAL (Noar Chalutsi Lochem) Fighting-Pioneer Youth, the army’s corps of pioneers in uniform
NAGMASH, NAGMASHim (pl.) ( nose geyasot meshuryan ) armored personnel carrier
NAGMASHA, NAGMASHot (pl.) ( noset geyasot meshuryenet ) heavy armored personnel carrier on tank chassis
NCO noncommissioned officer
NILI (Netsach Yisrael Lo Yeshaker) Israel Will Live Forever; Jewish espionage ring in Palestine during World War I
noter, notrim (pl.) Jewish police officer working for the British
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