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Removing all context from this quote and not including a source is misleading.

I was surprised at the quote so I looked up your source[1] and it describes the ways Israelis avoid conscription by using exceptions/deferrals such as being Palestinian, being ultra-Orthodox, having physical or psychological conditions. Others just choose to go to military prison.

Sounds pretty mandatory to me, at least how the word is commonly used.

[1] https://truthout.org/articles/more-israelis-are-refusing-dep...




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