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Kvetch-22
By Ariel Babinsky (Trans.)
From tips on how to avoid mandatory military service in Israel, issued by Target 21, an Israeli antiwar organization. The group’s name is a reference to Profile 21, a code used by the Israel Defense Force to classify people deemed unfit for service because of physical or psychological disabilities. Translated from the Hebrew by Ariel Babinsky.
Complain about backaches and headaches. These are difficult for the army to validate.
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