Photo Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Office




This a soccer field in Gaza. In depicts a before and after image of a hidden weapons Cache.

First time in history


How does this group fit in with the other soldiers?


What type of work do they do?


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How it all began–The RR Plan



They then Contacted the Ono Academic College – a private academic institution and registered NGO, which also has a school for health professions. Ono Academic College has a vision of “Changing the face of Israeli society,” and therefore its management decided to join the initiative, and together they set up the RR Program – (Roim Rachok – which in Hebrew means looking far beyond the horizons).



Unit 9900’s special contribution
It is important to remember that people on the autism spectrum have strengths in music, mathematics, as well as the visual field. These autistic soldiers of Unit 9900 play a major role in intelligence gathering–a role not easily filled due to the difficulty of this task. The IDF believes in the ability of these autistic soldiers and will continue to work for their advancement in military and civilian life.



  1. Wow…some teachers in the past thought my son could have a mild form of autism referred to as Aspergers and he is good with excellent video game player and learns best one on one. I am glad to read that there are specific jobs these young men are best at.

  2. Kol Hakavod to the IDF by what they are doing for handicapped people.

    I have said before. That the ultra religious MUSt perform their duty to the Jewish state of israel.

    They do not have to be combat soldiers, There aer so many jobs that need peoplr to fulfil.
    Not only wou;d they be serving their country, they would learn a trade or whatever, so that after 3 years, they could become self sopporting citizens and get the full respect of every Israel who has served in the IDF.

    Maybe the IDf should call meeting with these ultra religious people, so that they will understand what the IDF can do for them, and what they can do for Israel.

  3. The big strong manly yeshiva men are content to let women and the handicapped fight in their place. They literally believe that their prayers (mostly not praying for Israel or the IDF btw) are worth a million extra soldiers on the battlefield. How you deal with people like that I don't know other than telling them "no more yeshiva stipends out of public funds."

  4. This is so heartening. Autistic adults have so many gifts to offer the world but are being held back though a patronising attitude amongst employers. And yes there are people with autism who love science, history, music, art, politics and cooking as well as computers. One young man I know told me 'why do I have to be good at computers when I want to study languages?'.

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