MOTR wrote on Apr 6
th, 2012 at 5:58pm:
My question for Avram is what influence does national service have on the political opinions of young Israelis.
My apologize for late of response to your question but i was observe the Jewish Shabbat with extra day too for allowance of not be in Israel.
National services does have influence but this is not so because of what army is tell us but opinions is change because of experiences with Palestinians.
You know me, i grows up in Tel Aviv which is not so much in the troubles and is more peace. But when is national services i can be in Golan, West Bank, Gaze and so on so on.
Then i deals with Palestinians everyday and you know you has opinions change of peoples who throw rocks to you and try to shoot to you and also bring you into open air so is sniper shots.
Before maybe i has not much opinions on Palestinians so then after i start think they are not nice and they have so hatred to me for no reasons.
I am still not so strong of warlike opinions. I voted for Ehud Barak last time and he is more peace man than Netanyahu (he gets votes from many Russian imigrant to Israel and from Religion Orthodoxes).
But no the army is not political doctrine, there is no classes. You know that is why we do not have orthodox in the army because is they will not be able to be secular like i am.
So yes opinions is change but is more because of behavior of Palestinians to me than is army do or say.