For the sake of military decorum, female soldiers in the Israeli Army are prohibited from showing any skin between their shirts and pants.

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Rejecting complaints that standard issue military trousers are unflattering, the army has banned low riders so popular with today's young people, according to an article in the Toronto Star Sunday.

The Star says the problem came to a head at bases in Galilee and the Golan Heights, where as many as 120 female soldiers have been brought to military courts to explain the phenomenon of plunging waistlines.

Offending soldiers have been disciplined with fines and confinement to base.

While the dress code is a serious matter to the military, it has been providing comic relief on Web sites in Israel.

One poster who signed "Kassam from Ramallah" wrote, "If the IDF sends us these low-cut platoons, then the IDF is welcome in the West Bank. We do not want a hot occupation. We want hot occupiers."