Young Israelis dodge the draft, some in protest
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To many she is a traitor, a coward and a parasite. But 17-year-old Israeli "draft dodger" Saar Vardi says if more people thought like her, the Middle East would be a more peaceful place.
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Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in this Alpine country rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules in a referendum Sunday.
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A young Palestinian was forced to play his violin to pass through an army roadblock in the West Bank as Israeli soldiers laughed, according to Israeli human rights activists yesterday.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 -- Frustration over the outcome of the war in Lebanon has spurred many Israelis to question the abilities of a new class of political professionals who are stepping into roles long held by the men and women who founded the Jewish state.
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WASHINGTON - John Kerry says re-electing President Bush would create "the great potential of a draft." Not so, responds the incumbent: "The best way to avoid the draft is to vote for me."   The fact that both Bush and Kerry are on record opposing mandatory military service speaks volumes about the audience they're targeting with their dueling draft scares - young voters.    In an election where voter turnout is the great unknown, the voting rate and preferences of 18- to 30-year-olds may be the biggest wild card on Nov...
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Many military experts believe that reviving some sort of military draft is extremely unlikely, even impossible -- but not all of them.
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Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in opposition to Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan. Settler leaders at Sunday night&#39;s rally in Jerusalem repeatedly denounced any use of violence, but also urged the prime minister to call for new elections.
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Thousands of Israelis protest against a plea bargain given to the outgoing president in his sexual abuse case.
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Why the stalemate in Lebanon has made Israelis more determined to strike harder next time
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Young U.S. non-Orthodox Jews are becoming increasingly lukewarm if not alienated in their support for Israel in a trend that is not likely to be reversed, according to a study released on Thursday.
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BERKELEY, California  - Officials in the famously liberal California town of Berkeley have stirred a national fuss by telling U.S. Marine Corps recruiters they aren't welcome anymore and by aiding those protesting against them.
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JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel faces the prospect of massive resistance to the government&#39;s plan to expel about 10,000 Jews from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in 2005.
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Hizbollah rockets killed 12 soldiers and   at least three civilians in Israel on Sunday, the deadliest day   of the war for Israel, as Lebanon rejected a draft U.N.   resolution to end the 26-day-old conflict.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Jan. 10 -- In a second-story apartment on a normally bustling street that was empty except for the policemen staking out every corner and a teenager shooting baskets on a rim with no net, Youssef Muhammad Jiada and his son echoed a debate raging across the Palestinian...
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Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in Switzerland yesterday rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules.
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TEHRAN -- A new movement of passive resistance is quietly sweeping young people in Iran, a response both to the reform movement's failure to introduce political and economic change and conservatives' control over who can run for office, according to Iranian student leaders and political analysts.
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Israeli settler leaders Monday backed a call to resist the planned evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, signaling a shift toward revolt as hopes dwindle for stopping the pullback by political means.