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Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin speaking to the press after a meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank City of Ramallah last week. (Reuters) Last update - 16:28 07/05/2007 Beilin proposes bill to overturn mandatory military service law By Shachar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent Meretz Chair Yossi Beilin will bring before the Knesset for a preliminary reading next week a bill overturning the mandatory military service law. Beilin believes his proposal would solve the problem of postponing mandatory service for ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who are exempt from the mandatory service under the Tal Law. The Tal law allows yeshiva students over age 22 to take one year off from their studies. During this period, they can acquire a profession or work without being drafted. At the end of the year, the students must choose between returning to full-time studies or completing abbreviated national service. Advertisement Beilin argues that if the mandatory service law is overturned, the yeshiva students would be exempt from service without requiring the authorization of a yeshiva head, thus allowing them to join the workforce if they decide not to serve in the military, rather than being bound by law to continue studying in the yeshiva. Beilin is convinced that making military service optional would not diminish the scope of the current recruits, citing high motivation to serve in the military among Israel's youth. However, Beilin's proposal allows the military to temporarily reinstate the mandatory draft in the case of diminished enlistment. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Terrorist donuts U.S. Arabs irate over criticism of celebrity cook's kaffiyeh. All the way to hell Rosner's blog: It's Obama's good intentions that pro-Israel activists fear.   1.   totally in disagreement 18:09  |  Benjamin Teitelbaum 07/05/07   2.   Why not just remove the IDF itself while you`re at it 18:33  |  Henry 07/05/07   3.   Earth to planet Yossi 18:37  |  Israel Israeli 07/05/07   4.   brilliant idea 18:45  |  Leon Rosgarten 07/05/07   5.   Beilin is intent on destroying Israel 19:40  |  Chaim 07/05/07   6.   THis is the Numnuts Who Haaretz Refers to as "Brilliant" 19:41  |  Tod Zuckerman 07/05/07   7.   Mandatory service to our nation 20:02  |  Ruth Broch 07/05/07   8.   The truth we all knew has been revealed 17:28  |  nkd 05/06/08

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