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An IDF tank exercise: Will more Israeli Arabs be joining the
ranks?
Arab IDF Recruitment
Up After Policy Shift
GIL SEDAN
Special to The Jewish News
Going home. Being hoine.
Returning to work.
. These are signs we cherish at
Sinai J-lospital.. •
That's why. we've developed
into one of- Michigan's most
sophistidated health care
facilities. With a heart care
re last year more
center whe
*than 500 open heart surgeries
were performed. With a neo-
natal intensive care unit which •
is among the hest. anywhere.
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Friday, October 17, 1986
With research that has resulted •
in new laser • surgery techniques.
Physical rehabilitation; Corn- •
prehensive eye care. Mental
health. Singstrives.for excel- •
lenge in all:areas. Because these
signs are so vital to us.
The signs that say `'You're
going home'
For further informatibn or
doctor referral', call Sinai •
Hospital at 1-800- 248,-DOGS.
©Sinai Hospital of Detroit, 1986.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
here has been a sig-
nificant increase in
the number of Israeli
Arabs volunteering and being
accepted to serve in the Israel
Defense Forces, following a
recent change in IDF policy
regarding military service by
Arab youth, according to a
report by the Government
Press Office.
Currently, there are close
to 200 Israeli Arabs serving
in the IDF, of whom approx-
imately half are Bedouin.
The second major group com-
prises Arab Moslems or
Christians, most of whom are
from Arab villages through-
out the country.
Yet these figures do not
tell the entire story. Only one
out of three Arab volunteers
is accepted for army service,
once it is established that
they meet the specific criteria
set by the IDF. "An Arab
youth who volunteers for the
IDF has to serve three years;
he must be the same approx-
imate age as Israeli con-
scripts, and he must speak
fluent Hebrew," states Col.
Moshe Yaari, who oversees
the draft for the IDF's man-
power branch.
"Generally, the volunteer
has to have completed ten
years of schooling, and we
won't take anyone who
doesn't have parental back-
ing. Parents have a strong
standing in Arab society, par-
ticularly in the Bedouin
country," Yaari observes.
Yaari, who has supervised
the draft for the past five
years, points out that the
Law of Compulsory National
Service legislated by the
Knesset in 1949 applies to all
Israeli citizens, irrespective of
race or religion. In other
words, by law Israeli Arabs
are required to do national
service. InCpractice, however,
the situation is entirely
different, since the law has
never been enforced.
Nevertheless, army service
is compulsory for Druze and
Circassian men. Community
elders froth these two groups
petitioned the Knesset in the
mid-1950's that their sons be
conscripted into the IDF. The
request was granted, and
Druze and Circassian soldiers
are today found in various
units throughout the army.
Events were 'somewhat
different concerning Israeli
Bedouin. A few Bedouin and
Arab Moslems quietly volun-
teered in the 1950's. In the
1960's and 1970's, many Be-
douin were drafted directly
into the standing army,
where they served primarily
as trackers. There were few
Jews who possessed tracking
skills, and financial incen-
tives also helped attract Be-
douin to army service.
Yaari notes that the recent
upward swing in the number
of Arab volunteers for the
army is the result of a policy
change made in the IDF dur-
ing the last three years re-
garding the question of Arab
military service.
Presently there is no sepa-
rate minorities unit, and the
vast majority serves in com-
bat units. "A few of the vol-
unteers who have a profes-
sion are sent to other tasks,"
says Yaari, "but most go
straight into field units, such
as Golani and the paratroop-
ers. Physical fitness is also
one of our criteria."
Jewish Telegraphic Agency