The instant he/she sets foot in Israel, he/she will be drafted, until they get past a certain age. Many Israeli teens who are brought here for school go back to serve. They want to. They view it as their inherited responsibility towards their and their parents’ country. But the issue is that leaving the US now would most definitely mess up their immigration status here. So it’s a no go, be it to serve or to go to college there. Meanwhile, if they cannot legally work, they can volunteer to do biomed research. It would be a very good idea to do something that would improve their application during their gap year.
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