<br><tt><font size=2>Every army and every state is bound by halacha.</font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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</font><font size=1 face="Arial">---- i think it can be stipulated that
Medinat Yisrael [ aka the zionist entity] makes
no claim to be a halachic state </font>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">---- same stipulation that the
armed forces of that state [aka IDF]
makes no claim to be a halachic army</font>
<br>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">r ZS is correct that even
a meshumad priest is 'halacha bound' , but no one
would calll him in any sense halachically compliant
.</font>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">therefore , it would follow
that if one holds that duty to serve only follows
in a halachically mandated [and following ] entity ,</font>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">one should be able to argue against
serving based on this halachic basis.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">one could likewise argue, that a frum
Yehudi [ from mamlechet Yehuda] who moved to territory
of one of the other 10 tribes </font>
<br><font size=1 face="Arial">should be able to contend the division
from the Kingdom of DAvid was invalid, and claim army exemtion
from the Yisrael armies on tha tbasis....<br>
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