2008/6/25 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Am 2008-06-23 21:17:13, schrieb Dotan Cohen: >> 2008/6/22 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > I know at least on Jew, which was 1 1/2 years in the french >> > army for his "service national" and then 5 years in Israel. >> > >> >> That was very likely not compulsory service. Especially if he served years. > > He has French citizenship and is Jew like many others here. > And they all go to Israel to serv since the have the choice/right, to do > the "national service" in France or in Israel... >
I still do not believe that he had to do 5 years in the IDF by Israeli law. Unless he signed up as an officer, which he could have chosen not to do. >> What is the English/French name of the French non-Frenchmen reserve >> army? They are very well respected. > > Légion Etrangère Français = French Foreign Legion > Thanks. _That_ is an army that I very much respect. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il א-ב-ג-ד-ה-ו-ז-ח-ט-י-ך-כ-ל-ם-מ-ן-נ-ס-ע-ף-פ-ץ-צ-ק-ר-ש-ת A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?