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>It sounds from the article that the Israeli airport security personal are all ex-IDF. Every Israeli adult is ex-IDF, except for those adults who are still in
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
>It sounds from the article that the Israeli airport security personal are all ex-IDF.
Every Israeli adult is ex-IDF, except for those adults who are still in the IDF.
- wheels 16y agoNot true. About a quarter of men and a third of women do not enlist: http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-nearly-28-of-israeli-males-avoided-conscription-in-2007-1.232645 http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-nearly-28-of-israeli-males-a...
- RyanMcGreal 16y agoThanks for the correction. I assumed my general statement wouldn't be universally correct, but I didn't expect the number of exemptions to be nearly that high.
- eliben 16y ago"Every Israeli adult is ex-IDF" I wish it were true, but it's not. Many people are exempt from service on racial, religious or just ideological reasons. Mind you, it's not always easy to be exempt, but some sectors of the population have an automatic "pass".