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IDF launches app to teach soldiers basic Arabic
The app Bab al Ta’am allows soldiers to practice popular greetings and blessings alongside useful sentences for day-to-day operations in the West Bank, such as manning checkpoints or making arrests.
IDF soldiers serving in the West Bank will soon have a new app to play with on their smartphones: One that will provide them with basic Arabic language skills.
Col. Roi Sheetrit, commander of the Efraim Brigade, developed the tool to help soldiers on operational duty in their daily contact with the Palestinian population.
“The soldiers operate among the Palestinian civilian population on a daily basis and need to be able to be sensitive to their needs and understand their language and culture,” Sheetrit explained.
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The app, called Bab al Ta’am, allows soldiers to practice Arabic sentences they might have to use when manning checkpoints or making arrests, alongside popular greetings and blessings, and phrases for providing first aid.
Sheetrit said the aim is that the soldiers be exposed to the app when they commence their operational deployment in the West Bank in order to provide them with basic skills for their mission.
