Israel relies too much on new blood i.e immigrant Jews for keeping their SF good, something doesnt seem right there though the results seem good enough for now... just a gut feeling here.

It's not true.While immigrant can enter some SF,the list not include most capable.
For this disscursion it will be General Staff commando and Flotilia 13.Flotilia 13 minimum 5 years in country and you must be something very promising(heard of only one  such case) :),GF commando you cant get if you not born in Israel.
There is one more SF in the same liegue,Shaldag,dont know any immigrant there,through i didnt ask :).
Ofcourse there are other SF that allow immigrants,but lower level and all have some minimum requirements.

You can safely say that SF predominantly native born israelies.:)  
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well seen as this threads been revived, thought i'd put in a little tid-bit i always found interesting... it always surprised me the number of palestinians present in the Israeli sneakies.

Sorry i dont understend.
"sneakies"=security servises,or SF,or something else?

 

Palistinians or israeli arabs for that matter dont serve there.

There is a lot of informants in territories if that what you ask.Reason usualy money,or we keep some information about informant he dasnt want us to share.

Other then that,there is no palestinians in IDF or secret servises.:)
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About my previos post:

There is no clear requrements for years in country,only security check,but in reality you cant pass it if you new in country. 

sneakies = SF.

as for palestinians/israeli arabs in the SF... i had a chat with a number of them from time to time and was lucky enough to 'build sandcastles' with them... care to disagree?

Ofcourse i disagree.:)
In SF we have only jews,druse,beduin.Well druse and beduin are not palestinians and they are not what we call israeli arabs,but they are ethicaly arabs ofcourse.:)
Beduin usualy get "Gashishim" or "Gadsar",well you can call it SF,they are very good at reading tracks on sand,but they are not SF in the same sense as GS commando.

Druse present in any SF,but proportionally to population.

Both communities valued very high in IDF,druse for spirit,beduin for ability to read traks.Both dont like palestinians.:)

Palestinian cant get to IDF.Israeli arab can volonteer,but they cant get very far,both Flotilia 13 and GS commando out of question.They usuali dont want it as well.:)

There was a problem only once,as arab boy wanted to be a pilot.Was painfull disscursion(unlike SF,that you can substitute in infantry,you have nothing to offer instead of flying) in israeli society,but in the end he was rejected.

So,people you talked to or druse,or beduin,or lying you in the face.:)

Druse or beduin usualy dont call themselves arabs and ofcourse dont call themselves palistinians.

 

 

 

you seem to have missed fiji on your list.  i've heard they have a tiny but extremely effective group of SF guys.

the fijians are a decent bunch of lads [albeit a rather small force]. however, their lack of publicity [and i mean real lack] means most have no clue who they are, what they do, how long they've been around, etc. etc. I'd definitely put them on the list though [even though my thoughts on these kinds of lists are at odds with the theme, you know... the whole apples/oranges, monkeys/elephants, farts/fresh air comparisons].

 

in fact it wouldn't surprise me if the original list was made up with no knowledge of most of the countries units.

an immigrant - especially one who's fled persecution and anti-semitism - can be just as loyal to Israel as a native-born Israeli.

 

FWIW, here's my ranking:

 

1 (tie). Israel

1 (tie). Australia

3. Russia

4. North Korea

5. South Korea

6. China