National Security and Public Opinion in Israel by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Middle East, General
ISBN: 9780813307183
Google: c4HfAAAAMAAJ
Goodreads: 4072894
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1988-11-10T00:00:00+00:00

Unofficial estimates put the rate of Jewish men who actually serve in the army at more than nine out of ten. The rate for women is much lower, perhaps six out of ten. Our sample inflates the rate of non-service, perhaps because of army service: the sample was interviewed at home and it is likely that for groups with higher rates of army service fewer individuals are at home at any given moment; hence they are underrepresented in the sample. In any event, the discrepancy between the population and the sample is of no consequence since our interest is in the relation between service in the armed forces on the one hand and national security attitudes on the other.

In the sample, 21 percent of the men and 63 percent of the women reported that they had no army experience. 11 percent of the men in the sample and 4 percent of the women were doing their compulsory service when they were interviewed. The remaining 69 percent of the men and 33 percent of the women had actively

The sample is more representative of the population than seems to be the case at first glance. A quarter of the no-service men were in the age group of compulsory service (18-21); for them it is more appropriate to report that they had not yet served. An additional 45 percent of the no-service men were above the age of 55; for many of them army service was probably waived because they arrived in the country at a relatively advanced age. Contrast these figures with only 4 percent of the men in the sample between the ages of 22 and 25 who had not served. Almost 40 percent of the women in the sample who did not serve reported that they were exempted for religious reasons, compared with 8 percent of the men who did not serve.

There are other indicators that the sample was sensitive to patterns which exist in the society, although the numbers are probably not precise estimates of the population. Place of birth, religious observance and class are all related to army service. The foreign born had higher non-service rates than the Israel-born, with men serving much more than women. For their Israel-born children, male service is nearly universal while women of fathers born in Asia and Africa serve at a lower rate than those women whose fathers were born in Europe or America. Religiously observant-and especially women-serve less. The lower class has a higher rate of non-service, usually as a result of social or economic problems that exempt them.

Concretely, of those born in Asia and Africa, 25 percent of the men and 85 percent of the women had no army service, compared with 30 and 81 percent, respectively, for respondents born in Europe and America. For their Israel-born children, the men serve at almost identical rates (13 percent non-service for the sons of Asia-Africa born fathers, 9 percent non-service for the sons of Europe-America born fathers), while the rate for their

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