Bar Refaeli Avoids Israel Duty, Army Calls For Boycott
posted by Maggie's Nest at
1/20/2010 
Israeli military has called for a boycott of products advertised by supermodel and Sports Illustrated star Bar Refaeli. This was after the Jewish bombshell reportedly dodged a compulsory military service in the army and attempted to escape paying Israeli taxes.
Israeli law requires its citizens to render service in the military when they turned 18. Boys are expected to serve for three years while girls for two. But under the same law, married women are excluded.
What Bar Refaeli did in 2004 was to marry a family friend and divorced him shortly afterward.
This has prompted Israeli Major General Avi Zamir, in charge of human resources at the IDF, to urged a group of Tel Aviv students to boycott the products that Bar Refaeli advertises as a form of retaliation:
"She went and married a 37-year-old guy, so what can I do? At the end of the day, she is the one who has to look at herself in the mirror. We are a society that has an army and Bar Refaeli doesn't have to participate in ads for Fox (an Israeli clothing store). And she advertises for Fox then you shouldn't buy her products."
Bar Refaeli's avoidance of the Israeli military service has been done almost six years ago, but it was brought back to the public media when she reportedly filed this month for tax exemption in Israel for the reason that she spends most of her time living and working overseas.
Leading Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharanot has estimated $2 million modeling income for the supermodel in the past two years. If Bar Refaeli remains liable for Israeli tax for 2009, she would have to pay an income tax of 46 percent.
Bar Refaeli has also been unfavorably contrasted by fellow Israeli model and 19-year-old Esti Ginzberg who has not avoided national service and has even traded her swimsuits for military fatigues recently.
Who came in defense of Bar Refaeli as Israel military's new target was her mother. Joining the debate about her daughter's disloyalty to the country, the model's mom told an Israeli website:
"The general is a disgrace. Before they attack Bar they should check the government and see who in government did not join the army."
Israeli law requires its citizens to render service in the military when they turned 18. Boys are expected to serve for three years while girls for two. But under the same law, married women are excluded.
What Bar Refaeli did in 2004 was to marry a family friend and divorced him shortly afterward.
This has prompted Israeli Major General Avi Zamir, in charge of human resources at the IDF, to urged a group of Tel Aviv students to boycott the products that Bar Refaeli advertises as a form of retaliation:
"She went and married a 37-year-old guy, so what can I do? At the end of the day, she is the one who has to look at herself in the mirror. We are a society that has an army and Bar Refaeli doesn't have to participate in ads for Fox (an Israeli clothing store). And she advertises for Fox then you shouldn't buy her products."
Bar Refaeli's avoidance of the Israeli military service has been done almost six years ago, but it was brought back to the public media when she reportedly filed this month for tax exemption in Israel for the reason that she spends most of her time living and working overseas.
Leading Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharanot has estimated $2 million modeling income for the supermodel in the past two years. If Bar Refaeli remains liable for Israeli tax for 2009, she would have to pay an income tax of 46 percent.
Bar Refaeli has also been unfavorably contrasted by fellow Israeli model and 19-year-old Esti Ginzberg who has not avoided national service and has even traded her swimsuits for military fatigues recently.
Who came in defense of Bar Refaeli as Israel military's new target was her mother. Joining the debate about her daughter's disloyalty to the country, the model's mom told an Israeli website:
"The general is a disgrace. Before they attack Bar they should check the government and see who in government did not join the army."
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