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To: PlateOfShrimp

I think you are thinking of Druze.

Plenty of Bedouins do serve in the IDF, but it’s voluntary and more a way to assimilate into society. I don’t think they are subject to the draft. ( I could be mistaken; there was a change recently and I believe Nazarene Arabs are subject to the draft now.)


4 posted on 04/14/2020 5:08:31 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: Jewbacca
Thanks. As I understand, Bedouins are not conscripted but some volunteer. Druze and Circassians are conscripted (by their own request). Christian Arabs also volunteer, their leaders want it to be mandatory (for the melting pot), but it is not so yet. I have heard that when one hears of “Muslims” serving in the IDF, they are usually Bedouins.
5 posted on 04/14/2020 5:13:49 AM PDT by PlateOfShrimp (c)
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