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Meretz MK suggests changing IDF pledge to counter refusal

By Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent

Meretz MK Avshalom Vilan has submitted a letter to Defense Minister Ehud Barak requesting he change the service oath of Israel Defense Forces soldiers, in order to counter refusal of orders among IDF troops.

Vilan's recommendation would add the word "only" to the end of the line that states "I will follow the orders and instructions of my commanders."

The initiative follows the refusal of between 20 and 30 soldiers to take part in the evacuation of settlers from the wholesale market in Hebron in early August.

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Vilan also suggested changing a line that states the soldier will sacrifice his life for the sake of Israel, to "to dedicate my all."

According to Vilan, the current line is antiquated.

Under Vilan's plan, the service oath would have to be submitted personally, in writing as opposed to the current system where the oath is given orally as part of a call and answer routine where units of soldiers call out "I swear" in unison to a series of vows.

Vilan stated that the current system allows soldiers who do not wish to make the vow to remain silent in the anonymity of a crowd and avoid making the pledge.

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1.	Meretz MK suggests changing IDF pledge to counter refusal	12:54	\|	Tzvi	19/08/07

2.	What ever they do ...	13:24	\|	Objector	19/08/07

3.	I WOULD`T FIGHT OR DIE FOR A LEFT	13:53	\|	YORED	19/08/07

4.	The left is allowed to refuse to serve....	14:43	\|	Truthmonger	19/08/07

5.	Meretz should send their own cosmopolites to fight	15:05	\|	Sal	19/08/07

6.	Shameless hypocrite	15:12	\|	Lurker	19/08/07

7.	Vilan Doesn`t Mean A Word He Is Saying	16:20	\|	Ben Israel	19/08/07

8.	DON`T FORGET MK BISHARA THE SPY OF HEZBOLLAH!ISRAEL	16:21	\|	ILSupporter	19/08/07

9.	Thanks for the photo: The face of facism	16:38	\|	Shlomo	19/08/07

10.	IDF refuses Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by Govt,	16:53	\|	sam	19/08/07

11.	WHERE DID OLMERT`S BOYS SERVE? OVERSEAS!!!!	17:41	\|	Ben Avraham	19/08/07

12.	Time marches on	18:08	\|	Jim	19/08/07

13.	Olmert and Ben Gurion	20:36	\|	Mark Lincoln	19/08/07

14.	Just who failed to follow orders	00:05	\|	Stan	20/08/07

15.	Bad Idea	00:35	\|	Ron the American	20/08/07

16.	It is immoral to ethnically cleanse Judea of its Jews	01:20	\|	AV	20/08/07

17.	If Israel alienates the Religious Zionist, it empowers Haredim	01:22	\|	Joe	20/08/07

18.	Re: The right to refuse....	02:30	\|	Dutch	20/08/07

19.	MorMoronic Hysteria of the Extreme Left, Leave It As It Is	02:40	\|	Yoram	20/08/07

20.	Dutch - You`re Dead Wrong	03:38	\|	Mark of Lewiston	20/08/07

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