| As I see it, the Israelis have an advantage is that their conscription applies to all males of a certain age similar in many ways to the system of the Swiss. Young men and women grow up knowing that they will be called to serve, and that the civil population see this as an honourable thing to do.
I can't speak for other countries, but here in Australia there are many persons who use up the system but are neither willing to defend it nor support those who do. |