Dramatic Rise in Number of Arab Volunteers for National Service
Data published Thursday by a national service placement organization indicates a dramatic rise in the number of Israeli Arabs who volunteer for national service.
According to the data, the number of volunteers in the first months of 2007 exceeded by far the total numberof volunteers in 2006.
Shlomit, the non-profit organization that arranges placements for secular national service volunteers, registered 213 young Arab volunteers between December and March, compared with 130 volunteers who began theirnational service last year.
This is the first year that men - both Jewish and Arab- can officially volunteer for national service. Priorto 2007, men were only able to volunteer through atrial program for male volunteers.
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