Groups opposed to the drafting of Arab and Jewish youth into the Israel Defense Forces, including the Young Communist League of Israel, staged a protest rally in Nazareth on Saturday, April 12, 2014, in which male and female teens marched into Spring Square in the center of town dressed in military attire and carrying toy rifles (Photo: Tagreed Soliman)

IDF to send ‘voluntary draft notices’ to Christian Arabs

The Israel Defense Forces will send draft notices to Christian Palestinian-Arab, Israeli teenager citizens, over the next several weeks in an attempt to increase voluntary enlistment within the community.  Christian Arab citizens of Israel are not subject to compulsory military service. They can volunteer, but few do. According to an Army Radio report on the…