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We just got strange alerts on our phones here in Israel (3:00am local time), reading: """ Emergency alert: Extreme Home Front Command instructions must be fo

by almogo 1y ago

We just got strange alerts on our phones here in Israel (3:00am local time), reading: """ Emergency alert: Extreme Home Front Command instructions must be followed. Due to the preparation for a significant threat, the Home Front Command's instructions, which are currently being distributed throughout the media, must be immediately followed. """

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- ty6853 1y ago
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  - thunky 1y ago
    > Citizens have the option to do Sherut Leumi instead of IDF I'm not sure if that's true. I looked it up and it seems that males need a Ptor (exemption) from the Army. But they may be likely to choose IDF anyway due to the culture, so your point probably stills stands.
    - ty6853 1y ago
      >Ptor (exemption) from the Army. Since 2002 Israeli court ruled individual conscientious objection is an exemption. There are lots of news stories of it being denied, but that is because collective action is considered protest and thus illegal.
      - thunky 1y ago
        Interesting, thanks. From wikipedia: The Israeli High Court of Justice ruled in 2002 that refusal to serve was legal on the grounds of unqualified pacifism, but "selective refusal" which accepted some duties and not others was illegal. It also looks like it's not entirely simple to get the exemption, and if you don't do it correctly you could be jailed: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/who-are-the-israeli-refuseniks-picking-jail-over-the-gaza-war https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/27/who-are-the-israel...