CARINA MALATESTA ISRAELI REFUSNIKS
INTERNATIONAL NEWS 6 NOV 2024
Full statement from Tal Mitnick, the Israeli 18-year-old sentenced to prison for refusing to enlist: "I do not want to take part in the continuation of the oppression and the continuation of the cycle of bloodshed, but to work directly for a solution, and therefore I refuse."
 Tal Mitnick declared his refusal long before the current war and has helped organize events with "Youth Against Dictatorship" and Mesarvot that resulted in 250+ youths signing a letter declaring that they will not serve in the IDF as a protest against the occupation and apartheid.  Tal Mitnick, an 18 year old Israeli, explains why he refused to serve in the IDF. He was then sent to prison. He goes on to explain he'll be called up again and when he is, he'll refuse to serve again.  18-year-old Israeli Tal Mitnick, who refused mandatory military service last month in objection to Israel's war on Gaza, describes his time so far in Israeli military prison and the culture of warmaking in Israel.   In a time of an unprecedented wave of refusal by Israeli reserve soldiers, it is important to note that Nave refused to enlist for mandatory service because of his understanding that there is no such a thing as a moral occupation or a moral occupying army. Once released he said:
Watch: Israeli youth Yuval Dag speaks at the “anti occupation block” in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Today, he refused to join the Israeli army, and was sent to detention.  Israeli Yuval Moav says he will not enlist in the military and is risking going to prison in order not to be a party to the genocide.  Here is something hopeful: 3 teenage Israelis, representing over 200 who declared they will not enlist in the Israeli army. They refuse to serve the continuous dictatorship in the occupied Palestinian territories and the emerging dictatorship within Israel. Listen and share!  TODAY: 18 y/o conscientious objector Sofia Orr declares her refusal to enlist in mandatory military service as an act of protest against the war on Gaza & the occupation, at Israeli army’s Tel Hashomer recruitment center. She was sentenced to 20 days in prison.  Israeli Sofia Orr refused to serve in the IOF because of the atrocities it's committing and has always been committing. As a conscientious objector, she faces jail time as well as been shun as an outcast by her peers. But that will not dissuade her from doing the right thing.  ‘I am not ready to serve a regime that is violent against the Palestinian people’ Four Israeli teenagers are refusing to enlist in the Israeli army. Military conscription is mandatory for most Jewish Israelis and refusal or evasion without approval is a punishable offence. 
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