Tuesday 16 September 2008

Israel cracks down on anti-draft websites

Israel is to launch a crackdown on organizations that offer advice on how to evade army service amid a wave of young Jews' disappointment.

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on Monday an investigation against the organizations which offer internet advice on evading military service, accusing them of incitement against the army.

Deputy Attorney General Shai Nitzan claims that the material published by such organizations on the Internet constitutes incitement against the army.

He said they not only encourage youths to dodge the draft, but also explain in great detail how this can be accomplished, the Yediot Aharonot reported on Monday.

While opinion polls suggest Israel's young generation is increasingly losing faith to the regime, several organizations are publishing online materials to teach the youth draft dodging tricks.

"Declaring chronic back or head aches can lower your medical profile, and marking the wrong answers on the psychometric exam certainly decreases the candidate's value for security service, even leading to an automatic discharge from the IDF," one of these websites read.

The organizations, however, have their own side of story. For example, New Profile organization says Israeli society is a militaristic one and the army is in control of people's life.

The groups' members accuse the regime of desperately trying to silence them against the freedom of speech.

They say the army has difficulty in understanding society's realities.

From Press TV

2 comments:

Abe Bird said...

Of course they should shot down such sites and punish the refusniks. Israel is a law's state and as such an activity to break the law is illegal. The refusniks will have to suffer because their "moral code".

Monique said...

when injustice becomes law, disobedience becomes duty...

refusniks obey their conscience... and it is a internationally recognised right to refuse to carry arms... so shame on the israeli state