26.01.2012                      02.Schwat. 5772

IDF:

Activists set up mock army camp to protest Tal Law

TA activists dub base 'Camp Sucker,' lamenting PM's desire to extend law letting haredim defer IDF service; Livni, Dichter attend.

Activists formed a mock military base dubbed 'Camp Sucker' at Israel Railways' Arlozorov station in Tel Aviv on Thursday, in protest of the Tal Law, Army Radio reported.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has expressed a desire to extend the controversial law, granting those studying full-time in a yeshiva the option to defer their military service until age 23, spend a year in vocational training, and then choose whether to join the army for six months followed by annual reserve duty, or to perform a year of civilian service, and then be free to legally join the workforce….