They’ve served big stars; now they’re serving their country.
After news that Taylor Swift’s bodyguard reportedly flew home to Israel to fight with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Hamas, The Post has learned that he’s not the one celeb bodyguard to achieve this.
Oded Krashinsky, who has protected celebrities like Nicole Kidman, flew from Los Angeles to Israel to assist train IDF soldiers and kibbutz members in Northern Israel.
“I got here here to assist my unit. The morale is tense. The primary threat is invasion — now we have to deflect it, fight it, and protect against it,” the 54-year-old head of Los Angeles-based Advanced Security Concepts told The Post.
Krashinsky, a veteran lieutenant in an IDF secret service special operations unit, added: “I’m who I’m because I got here from here. At the tip of the day, it’s about experience, decision-making, tactics, and leadership — that’s what I felt I could bring and that’s what I do now.”
IDF-trained security guards have long been a high priority for giant stars.
“The safety bodyguard community in Hollywood for the reason that ’70s saw an influx of Israeli combat veterans coming to Los Angeles,” Aaron Cohen — an Israeli special operations vet who served within the IDF within the late Nineteen Nineties and more recently worked with Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry — told The Post.
One among the pioneers, Cohen noted, was Elizabeth Taylor’s late bodyguard Moshe Alon who built a security company hiring Israeli security service members for Hollywood stars.
Cohen added that now, “There’s a whole lot of them going back [to Israel to fight]. These guys are very deeply connected.”
It was revealed Monday that Swift’s security guard had also returned to Israel to affix the fight against Hamas.
The person, whose name just isn’t confirmed but who went viral during Swift’s Eras Tour, said he “couldn’t stand by while families were slaughtered and burned alive of their homes,” Eran Swisa of Israel Hayom news reported.
The bodyguard told Swisa, in a statement to Variety, that he lived on an Israeli kibbutz before moving to America, calling his stint with the “Anti-Hero” singer his “dream job.” He said he couldn’t stand by while victims in Israel were murdered “only for being Jewish or for being Israelis.”
Krashinsky feels the identical. The daddy of two was born and raised on a kibbutz in Northern Israel before working for greater than 30 years within the US as a security consultant for a few of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities.
“It’s extremely difficult and you’ve to be very creative,” he said of rejoining IDF. “We’re expecting not only raids — we’re about to be handled very determined and powerful fighters.”
Krashinsky said he’s implementing defensive tactics and training, including plans for combat to guard against invasion, and assigning soldiers to posts like snipers and medics.
“We’re putting protocol and procedures in place for safety and shelter. There’s a whole lot of strategic decision,” he added. “We’re well prepared at once. Everyone understands that they’ve to provide their all.”
Krashinsky said his celebrity clients, including Kidman, have sent well wishes for his safety.
“Some clients are like my family — I’ve worked with them for 15 more years. They call and so they text,” he said.
As for Cohen, he has been getting calls about counterterrorism from Los Angeles law enforcement.
“I just got a call from a SWAT team in Los Angeles today,” he told The Post Monday. “Once Hamas conducted that terrorist attack on the seventh, I immediately reactivated my counterterrorist-focused course … a technique that Israel developed within the late ’70s to maximise safety.”
They’ve served big stars; now they’re serving their country.
After news that Taylor Swift’s bodyguard reportedly flew home to Israel to fight with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against Hamas, The Post has learned that he’s not the one celeb bodyguard to achieve this.
Oded Krashinsky, who has protected celebrities like Nicole Kidman, flew from Los Angeles to Israel to assist train IDF soldiers and kibbutz members in Northern Israel.
“I got here here to assist my unit. The morale is tense. The primary threat is invasion — now we have to deflect it, fight it, and protect against it,” the 54-year-old head of Los Angeles-based Advanced Security Concepts told The Post.
Krashinsky, a veteran lieutenant in an IDF secret service special operations unit, added: “I’m who I’m because I got here from here. At the tip of the day, it’s about experience, decision-making, tactics, and leadership — that’s what I felt I could bring and that’s what I do now.”
IDF-trained security guards have long been a high priority for giant stars.
“The safety bodyguard community in Hollywood for the reason that ’70s saw an influx of Israeli combat veterans coming to Los Angeles,” Aaron Cohen — an Israeli special operations vet who served within the IDF within the late Nineteen Nineties and more recently worked with Kim Kardashian, Britney Spears, and Katy Perry — told The Post.
One among the pioneers, Cohen noted, was Elizabeth Taylor’s late bodyguard Moshe Alon who built a security company hiring Israeli security service members for Hollywood stars.
Cohen added that now, “There’s a whole lot of them going back [to Israel to fight]. These guys are very deeply connected.”
It was revealed Monday that Swift’s security guard had also returned to Israel to affix the fight against Hamas.
The person, whose name just isn’t confirmed but who went viral during Swift’s Eras Tour, said he “couldn’t stand by while families were slaughtered and burned alive of their homes,” Eran Swisa of Israel Hayom news reported.
The bodyguard told Swisa, in a statement to Variety, that he lived on an Israeli kibbutz before moving to America, calling his stint with the “Anti-Hero” singer his “dream job.” He said he couldn’t stand by while victims in Israel were murdered “only for being Jewish or for being Israelis.”
Krashinsky feels the identical. The daddy of two was born and raised on a kibbutz in Northern Israel before working for greater than 30 years within the US as a security consultant for a few of Hollywood’s biggest celebrities.
“It’s extremely difficult and you’ve to be very creative,” he said of rejoining IDF. “We’re expecting not only raids — we’re about to be handled very determined and powerful fighters.”
Krashinsky said he’s implementing defensive tactics and training, including plans for combat to guard against invasion, and assigning soldiers to posts like snipers and medics.
“We’re putting protocol and procedures in place for safety and shelter. There’s a whole lot of strategic decision,” he added. “We’re well prepared at once. Everyone understands that they’ve to provide their all.”
Krashinsky said his celebrity clients, including Kidman, have sent well wishes for his safety.
“Some clients are like my family — I’ve worked with them for 15 more years. They call and so they text,” he said.
As for Cohen, he has been getting calls about counterterrorism from Los Angeles law enforcement.
“I just got a call from a SWAT team in Los Angeles today,” he told The Post Monday. “Once Hamas conducted that terrorist attack on the seventh, I immediately reactivated my counterterrorist-focused course … a technique that Israel developed within the late ’70s to maximise safety.”
