{"id":2241293,"date":"2024-05-09T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-former-miss-israel-walks-through-nyc-with-sign-saying-im-an-idf-soldier-ask-me-anything\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T19:29:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T23:29:27","slug":"watch-former-miss-israel-walks-through-nyc-with-sign-saying-im-an-idf-soldier-ask-me-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-former-miss-israel-walks-through-nyc-with-sign-saying-im-an-idf-soldier-ask-me-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Miss Israel strolls NYC with sign: &#8216;I&#8217;m an IDF Soldier, Ask Me Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-former-miss-israel-walks-through-nyc-with-sign-saying-im-an-idf-soldier-ask-me-anything%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2241293&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200carticle discusses the courageous act of Noa\u2064 Cochva, former Miss\u2064 Israel, who engaged in a social experiment by walking \u200bwith a sign identifying herself as an IDF soldier. Despite facing hostility and threats, her mission aimed to foster dialogue and understanding about Israeli soldiers&#8217; experiences. The incident\u200c highlights the challenges faced \u200dby \u2062those\u2062 advocating\u2062 for Israel \u2064amidst heightened tensions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 9, 2024 at 2:18pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces were founded shortly after the establishment of the Jewish state in 1948.<\/p>\n<p>That same year, the fledgling army found itself in battle as several Arab nations invaded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carlson-mocks-trudeau-for-hiding-says-he-used-covid-to-short-circuit-democracy\/\" title=\"Carlson Mocks Trudeau for Hiding, Says He Used COVID to 'Short Circuit' Democracy\">newly formed nation<\/a> of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Without the IDF, Israel would have been annihilated many times over, including in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948.<\/p>\n<p>This army has defended its tiny nation from multiple attacks by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-demands-fox-news-apologize-popular-hosts-sickening-attack-arab-arab-americans-muslim-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arab<\/a> forces including the <a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1961-1968\/arab-israeli-war-1967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1967 Six-Day War<\/a>, the<a href=\"https:\/\/history.state.gov\/milestones\/1969-1976\/arab-israeli-war-1973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 1973 Yom Kippur War<\/a> and the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/background-and-overview-of-first-lebanon-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 1982 Lebanon War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most of the countries that oppose them, Israel\u2019s military treats women as equals, and they are conscripted alongside their male counterparts into the IDF at 18.<\/p>\n<p>But none of this history matters to the brainwashed pro-Hamas protesters on the streets of New York, as Noa Cochva, Miss Israel 2021, found out on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Cochva, who serves in the Israeli military when she is not fulfilling her duties as an ambassador for the nation, attempted a social experiment.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old beauty queen walked around carrying a sign that read, \u201cI\u2019m an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tragedy-idf-misidentifies-israelis-opens-fire-kills-three\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IDF<\/a> soldier. Ask me anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the experiment was clearly to start up a peaceful dialogue in the hope that it would open minds to the experiences and viewpoints of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/islamic-terror-group-says-murdered-israeli-canadian-businessman-revenge-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli<\/a> soldiers, especially among those who have only been exposed to a negative view of them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you support Israel&#8217;s right to exist?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, in many instances, Cochva was not given that chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are a war criminal,\u201d one man growled at her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow do you sleep at night?\u201d another bystander asked, to which she replied, \u201cI sleep really well because I know that I\u2019m on the right side of history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A young man called the social experiment \u201cstupid\u201d and said, \u201cYou all should go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, some expressed their support for Cochva.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m with your people and I thank you for being so brave and showing that,\u201d a woman said.<\/p>\n<p>When a U.S. airman inquired about Cochva\u2019s perspective on Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-star-dedicates-win-to-victims-of-communism-this-fight-is-for-all-the-people-whove-been-hurt-by-marxists-ideologies\/\" title=\"UFC Star Dedicates Win To Victims Of Communism: \u2018This Fight Is For All The People Who\u2019ve Been Hurt By Marxists Ideologies\u2019\">mandatory military service<\/a>, she told him, \u201cIt\u2019s the best thing ever. When I served my duty, I felt like I had a really big purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the most frightening moment caught on video was when a young woman in a camouflage crop top and pants came looking for Cochva, saying, \u201cI heard there was a Zionist here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLots of us,\u201d a man could be heard saying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, all of us,\u201d Cochva said, referring to the supporters around her.<\/p>\n<p>The camo-clad woman produced a knife and then proceeded to pull it out from its sheath with her teeth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work on a boat,\u201d she said, and then proceeded to use profanity, referring to Cochva as a \u201clittle Zionist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Miss Israel and IDF soldier <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/noacochva?\">@noacochva<\/a> took questions on the war in Gaza. Here\u2019s what happened. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M6SPTS4bjy\">pic.twitter.com\/M6SPTS4bjy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FactsForPeace (@Facts_For_Peace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Facts_For_Peace\/status\/1787882405287628976?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the end of the video, Cochva, clearly shaken and in tears, recorded her reaction to the ugliness she had faced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe amount of hate that people had to me today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just trying to have peaceful conversations with them, but it\u2019s a whole different experience to witness something like that,\u201d she said. \u201cWe can\u2019t let things like this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was not the first time Cochva had been attacked while attempting to advocate for her country in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/20\/us-news\/miss-israel-attacked-in-new-york-city-by-hamas-loving-psycho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, in late March, the former Miss Israel attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square along with fellow Israel supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Their presence carrying an Israeli flag angered the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-pro-hamas-protesters-find-students-sec-country-fight-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstrators<\/a>, one of whom struck Cochva in the face with a placard, leaving her\u00a0with a black eye.<\/p>\n<p>Cochva said police officers on the scene were unwilling to make an arrest at the time, though she did later press charges, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like if you\u2019re a police officer, and you see a woman get hit in the face, you should probably find the guy because that\u2019s your job,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Israel\u2019s beauty queen, Noa Cochva, was attacked by barbaric pro-Hamas protesters in New York, and needed medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>She said she simply wore her Star of David necklace, and they began getting violent and aggresive.<\/p>\n<p>Fanatics, all of them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U4gAngKjHG\">pic.twitter.com\/U4gAngKjHG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivid.\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1 (@VividProwess) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VividProwess\/status\/1774389792240787729?\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cochva has a right to talk about duty.<\/p>\n<p>After the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, she put her culinary studies on hold and rejoined the IDF as a medic, serving just outside of Gaza, according to the Post.<\/p>\n<p>She has treated dozens of IDF soldiers, talking to them to \u201chelp them to come back to life because their mind is still in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cHi, I\u2019m Noa Cochva. I am Miss Israel. Everybody knows a beauty queen\u2019s goal in life is to achieve world peace,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miss Israel 2021 Noa Cochva called out Hamas for its atrocities and defended her country Israel from accusations it has oppressed Palestinians <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N4OUH6vgns\">pic.twitter.com\/N4OUH6vgns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheQuestion (@TheQuestion5150) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheQuestion5150\/status\/1720238979100873170?\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It must be quite an experience for a wounded young man to be cared for by a beauty queen.<\/p>\n<p>Cochva recalled an incident where a soldier woke up and asked, \u201cDid I die and go to heaven? Because you\u2019re an angel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, her compassion is not restricted only to IDF soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The remarkable young woman shared with the Post that she has also cared for Hamas fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a combat medic, you take an oath to swear to save every person\u2019s life, no matter if he\u2019s an enemy or a loved one,\u201d Cochva said.<\/p>\n<p>The juxtaposition is striking \u2014 a young woman who has given up so much for her country amid its existential struggles, still upholding the highest ethical principles by providing medical care to Hamas combatants.<\/p>\n<p>Contrast this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-files-suit-ai-giant-argues-tech-no-longer-benefits-humanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">humanity<\/a> with the hatred and sheer ignorance exhibited by the New Yorkers who likely can\u2019t even find Gaza on a map and yet threatened, demonized and even assaulted her.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0just\u00a0goes to show\u00a0that you can find a reason to be compassionate in the worst of situations and a reason to hate without any provocation or reason\u00a0at all.<\/p>\n<p>Cochva and the woman in camo are the opposite sides of the spectrum of choices every one of us has to make every day \u2014 choose the path of humanity and understanding, or give in to prejudice and hate.<\/p>\n<p>Which side we choose depends on us.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Anna Paulina Luna Criticizes Democrats Waving Ukrainian Flags - 'Remove Those Flags!\">popular conservative book franchise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 9, 2024, at 2:18 pm, Rachel M. Emmanuel reflects on the founding of the Israel Defense Forces in 1948. Amidst Arab invasions, the IDF emerged as Israel&#8217;s protector. 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