So you're a young Israeli teenager, at that special age when you're expected to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces, and all of a sudden, you decide you'd rather spend your summer chilling in Elat. So you tell the government you're following a religious lifestyle that doesn't allow you to join the army.
If you do all that, you might want to make sure to update your facebook page so it jibes with your story. Because if you don't, the IDF will draft you anyway:
Israel's army is using Facebook to track down draft dodgers.
The army visited the Facebook account of a teenager who was dismissed from army service after declaring she was religious despite attending a secular school, and discovered that she did not lead a religious lifestyle, Ynet reported.
Pictures on her Facebook account showed that she did not dress in a style acceptable to the religious community and that she attended parties on Shabbat. The army has since drafted her.
The teen appealed the decision but was turned down.
From an anecdotal standpoint, this is pretty funny. But broadly applied, it has some pretty frightening implications for how the government can get all up in your business.
--A. Serwer
