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Israeli Army Trucks Named for Transgender Woman to be Replaced After Decades

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Today, there was a small article in the Israeli press about the army upgrading its main transport truck, and phasing out the old ones -- which were nicknamed "Dana". Every soldier in Israel has traveled in such a truck at least once, but few remember the source of the name by which everyone knows it.
Those trucks, which the army bought in the 1990s, were made by a company called International, and they were originally called "Internationals". That same year, a phenomenal transgender male-to-female Israeli performer named "Dana International" won the Eurovision song contest. (For those who don’t know about the Eurovision: it’s a very prestigious international contest. Each participating country has one entry, which has to be an original song. In its day, ABBA won, for example. The participating countries vote on the songs, except for their own. Think of The Voice on steroids.) Soldiers quickly dubbed the trucks "Dana", and the name stuck, though few remember the context.
Israel can be surprising sometimes. Below is a picture. The truck bed has benches fitted along the sides, with space in the center for duffel bags and personal equipment.


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