Two thirds of Israeli reservists didn't turn up for duty!

Jonathan Steele
The Guardian
October 22, 2002

Extracted from an article on refuseniks where Jonathan Steele talks to Major Rami Kaplan, a 29-year-old refusenik who is is going to court to prove that the occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal:

He also believes that the refuseniks are getting wider, if still silent, support among Israelis than the media suggests. The army has admitted that only a third of reservists turned up for duty last year, though most found medical or other excuses for failing to appear. As the economic situation in Israel worsens, Kaplan thinks more people will begin to criticise the occupation.