Kadima's Screwed That up Then.

It's got nothing to do with the Olympics but today (1/8/12) Israel has passed a law allowing ultra-Orthodox Jews and Israeli Arabs to be called up to the Israeli military for two years compulsory national service. Of course what Kadima was trying to do was bring about an end to national service for non-Orthodox Jews. Personally I've always though one of the biggest problems the Israeli military has had is that too many ultra-Orthodox Jews have been volunteering to stay in the military long after their national service is complete. Some of these guys see themselves as being on something of a Jihad to cleanse Israel of Arabs which obviously leads to a certain degree of tension with Israel's Arab population and neighbours.