[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:

Donors (partial list):Bread for the World, Eper Heks, RSN (Refusers
Solidarity Network), Quakers UK, SIVMO, Joseph Rowntree Charity Foundation,
Cord Aid, Coalition for
Women for Peace (CWP),
Annual Activity Report for 2007
www.newprofile.org/data/uploads/NewProfile2007Report.pdf

"Bread for the World is a collective Christian voice urging our nation's
decision makers to end hunger at home and abroad. By changing policies,
programs and conditions that allow hunger and poverty to persist, we provide
help and opportunity far beyond the communities in which we live."
www.bread.org/about-us/

So "Bread for the World" is spending charity money to encourage Israeli
draft dodgers to end hunger?]

Mazuz to police: Probe group accused of encouraging draft dodgers
By Amos Harel Haaretz Last update - 07:08 15/09/2008
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1020999.html

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz recently ordered the police to open a
criminal investigation against the New Profile organization - the first time
a criminal probe has ever been launched against a group that encourages
draft dodging.

The probe, launched in response to a request from the Israel Defense Forces,
constitutes an intensification of the army's war on draft dodging. It was
prompted by concern over the growing extent of this phenomenon. Military
Advocate General Brig. Gen. Avichai Mendelblit asked Mazuz to order the
probe in February, and earlier this month, Mazuz acceded to his request.

New Profile's Web site defines the group's purpose as supplying "detailed
and reliable information about the procedures that enable one to obtain an
exemption from military service," as well as "moral support" for those
seeking such an exemption.

Under Israeli law, "incitement to draft dodging" is a crime in itself,
though no group has ever before been investigated for this offense. In
addition, however, New Profile is suspected of helping people secure
exemptions fraudulently. "The severity of [New Profile's] incitement to
draft evasion, which includes convincing [people] to obtain exemptions from
service, necessitates opening up an investigation," Deputy Attorney General
Shai Nitzan wrote in a statement informing Mendelblit of Mazuz's decision.

The main reason for the probe's launch is apparently the fact that New
Profile's web site tells people what to say to IDF mental health officers to
create the impression that they are psychologically unfit for service. In a
document entitled "The goal: 21," it details various ways of getting army
evaluators to assign the applicant a profile of 21, which is the IDF code
for unfit to serve. Many teens say that such advice has helped them in
obtaining draft exemptions.

Last summer, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Gabi
Ashkenazi declared war on draft evasion, in response to data showing that in
2007, almost 28 percent of all draft-age males would not be drafted. Since
then, the IDF has tried various tactics: media campaigns aimed at increasing
motivation to serve, closer cooperation with high schools and
municipalities, and barring artists who did not serve from performing for
the troops.

The IDF's Personnel Directorate claims that these efforts, coupled with a
stricter attitude on the part of the army's mental health officers, have
begun to bear fruit: This year, the proportion of draft-age males who
obtained mental-health exemptions fell to 5.1 percent, from 5.5 percent last
year, and the number of soldiers who obtained mental-health exemptions
during their service also dropped.

Army sources expressed satisfaction with Mazuz's decision. "Thorough legal
treatment of this movement is very important to deter evaders and those who
urge them to evade," explained one.

IDF Spokesman Avi Benayahu termed the decision "another important step" in
the war on draft dodging. This war, he added, "must be a joint effort by the
IDF, the state authorities and Israeli society in general."

Yuval Azoulay adds: Sergei Sandler, one of New Profile's leaders, said in
response: "Our activity is completely legal. We give information to young
people about to be drafted about the various procedures open to them, which
the army obviously has an interest in hiding. The decision to open an
investigation against New Profile contains an element of persecution. Every
such decision is ultimately a political decision aimed at shutting our
mouths and protecting a certain kind of social order. But if they want to
investigate, let them. Our activity is legal; we don't encourage fraud; and
we're proud of our activity."