One in four Israeli men dodges the draftI recall that at the time of the Lebanese War last year, it was reported that Israelis living outside of Israel came back to serve and inside Israel too there was a high number of those who came to serve in the army--including those otherwise exempt.
One in four Israeli men eligible for national service last year dodged the draft, the highest proportion in the history of the Jewish state.
Figures released yesterday by the Israeli Army showed that in the 2006 intake, just 75 per cent of eligible men joined up. The figures date from before last year's Lebanon war, widely viewed in Israel as a failure, and there are worries that this year's numbers could show an even greater rate of non-participation.
Since the article says the numbers are before the war, just how accurate are they.
Considering the morale of the country after the war, is the problem now even worse?
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