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| There are a number of problems in civilian life for soldiers who are deemed unfit for military service with Profile 21. Previously, most employers, especially when hiring employees without experience, looked to the employee's service records to evaluate their work ethic and potential. In 1994 such behavior was made illegal, however, a soldier exempt from the army on Profile 21 receives an exemption certificate instead of a discharge certificate, allowing employers to find out whether they have been classified as such. Persons with Profile 21 with mental illness as the reason may not acquire a driver's license for a public vehicle in Israel (e.g. an ambulance), and may have trouble acquiring a regular public license. They are also denied certain services. {{fact}} | There are a number of problems in civilian life for soldiers who are deemed unfit for military service with Profile 21. Previously, most employers, especially when hiring employees without experience, looked to the employee's service records to evaluate their work ethic and potential. In 1994 such behavior was made illegal, however, a soldier exempt from the army on Profile 21 receives an exemption certificate instead of a discharge certificate, allowing employers to find out whether they have been classified as such. Persons with Profile 21 with mental illness as the reason may not acquire a driver's license for a public vehicle in Israel (e.g. an ambulance), and may have trouble acquiring a regular public license. They are also denied certain services. {{fact}} | ||
| A criticism about 'Profil 21' which is mostly been silenced in Israel tells, that Profil 21, as an Israel invention, meant from the beginning to mark 'in a gentle way' people who are unwanted for the regime - from spartanic reasons of 'healthy prefering' who can fight and kill arabs, or for kinds of political revenge - to make people who are too much inteligent and may threat the Israeli regime (based on an officers groop) - disappear. The 'profil' marked them with stigma of people who are mentally ill or traitors - who do not want to kill arabs - and because of it along many years they could find any job and most of them were forced to leave Israel or to compromise on a lower living level than what they could achiev. {{fact}} | |||
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Profile 21 (Hebrew: פרופיל 21) is a code used by the military of Israel to classify Israelis who are deemed to have physical or psychological disabilities making them permanently unfit for military service. Such individuals can still volunteer for service, however, usually being placed in rear-echelon positions.
Additionally, Profile 24 is a code used to classify those who are deemed temporarily unfit for military service. Those with this classification will generally be reclassified within a year as either fit for military service or as Profile 21.
In recent years some Israelis have begun to use Profile 21 as a means of avoiding conscription, which is universal in Israel. This usually takes the form of deliberately failing medical exams so as to appear unfit for military service. Most often, recruits or soldiers pretend to be mentally ill, due to very few individuals receiving Profile 21 on a non-psychological basis.
Soldiers who have already been recruited by the IDF may see a psychologist, called Ktzin Bri'ut Nafshit (kaban, lit. "Mental Health Officer"), who is authorized to refer the soldier to a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist is then able to recommend Profile 21.
There are a number of problems in civilian life for soldiers who are deemed unfit for military service with Profile 21. Previously, most employers, especially when hiring employees without experience, looked to the employee's service records to evaluate their work ethic and potential. In 1994 such behavior was made illegal, however, a soldier exempt from the army on Profile 21 receives an exemption certificate instead of a discharge certificate, allowing employers to find out whether they have been classified as such. Persons with Profile 21 with mental illness as the reason may not acquire a driver's license for a public vehicle in Israel (e.g. an ambulance), and may have trouble acquiring a regular public license. They are also denied certain services.
See also
- Section 8 (military) — U.S. Army