Dokument #1016277
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
According to a representative of the
Embassy of Israel in Ottawa, religious affiliation is not as
important in hiring or promotion in the public service as whether
or not a person has performed military service (4 Oct. 1993).
Non-Jews can work in the Israeli public service (Ibid.). However,
certain jobs such as the ones related to national security, require
that the applicant have performed military service, and because
non-Jews such as Palestinians, Christians or Bedouins do not always
serve in the army they cannot apply for these jobs (Ibid.). This
information was corroborated by a representative of the Society of
St-Yves, a human rights organization in Jerusalem (Ibid.).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Embassy of Israel, Ottawa. 4 October
1993. Telephone interview with representative.
Society of St-Yves, Jerusalem. 4 October
1993. Telephone interview with representative.