| Publication |
2009.
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| Summary/Abstract |
During the summer of 2007, public opinion in Israel was inflamed
over figures released by the IDF (Israel Defence Forces), according to
which 25 percent of potential Jewish male draftees do not take part in
military service, while the numbers among women are even higher
(about 40 percent). Furthermore, if one adds those men who do not
complete their service, the figure climbs to more than 40 percent.
These figures were at odds with the public and the military command's
expectations that the efforts to rehabilitate the army following the
weakness it had displayed in the Second Lebanon War (in the summer of
2006) would increase the motivation for recruitment.
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