Israeli women looking to get out of compulsory military service have employed a simple trick: claiming religious modesty. But now the army is hiring spies to check out these claims and 520 women have been busted doing decidedly nonreligious things.

Growing suspicious of an upsurge in religious objections, the army deployed surveillance firms to trail the young women. And what they found were less-than-modest girls, like a young "draft dodger" sporting a tight skirt and kissing a young man. The couple then entered an elevator on Shabbat, which would qualify as "work" for more religious Jews and definitely blew her cover. The army confronted her and she agreed to enlist. 

Lt. Col. Gil Ben Shaoul, deputy commander of Israel’s recruitment center, remarked on the dodging: "It takes one weekend. We find them in bars. We know some of them are models and singers and they use this way to get out of the army."

One such woman is Maya Buskila, a provocative Israeli pop star who got out of the Army 12 years ago claiming a religious exemption. Last year, as part of this campaign, she was asked to do a symbolic tour of duty to educate women about serving. She’s currently serving in nicer digs: Israel’s version of the "Big Brother" TV mansion.

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