Sunday, December 12, 2004
Related to the Somerville Divestment entry below - I'd like to know more about what's behind these numbers, but it goes to show what a minority the various Israeli voices speaking in favor of divestment must really be.
Jerusalem Post: 91% new inductees to IDF ask for combat roles
The number is the highest in the past decade, Israel Radio reported.
Three years ago in the same intake, 68% of new inductees asked to be placed in combat units.
This year, 95% of inductees who asked for combat roles were granted their request.
The radio also reported an increase in the number of new immigrants reaching combat units.
OC Manpower Gen. Elazar Stern said Sunday that the IDF has increased the budget for 'lone soldiers' (soldiers without parents living in Israel).
