Israeli Cabinet ministers sharply differed over a proposal to offer all those citizens exempted from army service, including Arabs, the option of doing national service. Several of the ministers argued that allowing Israeli Arabs to do national service could endanger state security, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz. The Cabinet decided to form a ministerial committee to deal with the issue.
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