Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin hunturu na 1951, yana da shekaru 16, Sternhell ya yi hijira zuwa Isra'ila a karkashin jagorancin Aliyah na Matasa, kuma an aika da shi zuwa makarantar kwana ta Magdiel. A cikin shekarun 1950, ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan a cikin rundunar sojin Golani, ciki har da
Yaƙin Sinai. Ya yi yaƙi a matsayin mai ajiyewa a Yakin Rana Shida, Yaƙin Yom Kippur da Yaƙin Lebanon na 1982. kuma ya bayyana kansa a 2008 har yanzu a matsayin'super-Zionist'.