All citizens of Israel, male and female, except for the [[ultra-Orthodox]] and [[arab|arabs]] are obligated to serve a minimum of two years on [[active duty]] in the IDF upon graduating from [[high school]] and a number of years thereafter as [[reservists]], meaning that Israel probably has the world's most thorough system of [[conscription]]. Career soldiers have gone on to lead the country more frequently than in the [[United States]], particularly [[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Ehud Barak]] and [[Ariel Sharon]]. | All citizens of Israel, male and female, except for the [[ultra-Orthodox]] and [[arab|arabs]] are obligated to serve a minimum of two years on [[active duty]] in the IDF upon graduating from [[high school]] and a number of years thereafter as [[reservists]], meaning that Israel probably has the world's most thorough system of [[conscription]]. Career soldiers have gone on to lead the country more frequently than in the [[United States]], particularly [[Yitzhak Rabin]], [[Ehud Barak]] and [[Ariel Sharon]]. |