conscientious objection

Mattan Helman was supposed to serve in the Nahal Brigrade in the occupied territories. Instead, he will refuse to enlist as a conscientious objector, a decision that will land him in jail.

‘There is no moral occupation’: Why I refuse to serve

Mattan Helman was supposed to serve in the Nahal Brigrade in the occupied territories. Instead, he will refuse to enlist as a conscientious objector, a decision that will land him in jail.

By Social TV November 17, 2017

Conscientious objector Noa Gur Golan outside the Tel Hashomer induction base, July 12, 2017. (Ido Rimon/Mesarvot)

IDF sentences conscientious objector to five days in prison

Noa Gur Golan will spend five days in military prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli army. By +972 Magazine Staff The Israeli army sentenced conscientious objector Noa Gur Golan to five days in military prison Wednesday, after she announced her refusal to serve due to the violence of the IDF. Gur Golan arrived…

By +972 Magazine July 13, 2017

Israeli conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba. (Yona Benstein)

IDF releases conscientious objector after 110 days in prison

Atalya Ben-Abba went to prison rather than be conscripted into the Israeli army because of her refusal to take part in the occupation. By +972 Magazine Staff The Israeli army released conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba from mandatory military service on Tuesday after she spent 110 days in military prison for refusing to be drafted. Ben-Abba…

By +972 Magazine June 27, 2017

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Israeli conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba. (Yona Benstein)

Conscientious objector jailed by Israeli army for third time

Atalya Ben-Abba, 19, has already spent 50 days in prison for refusing to serve in the IDF, and has now been sentenced to a further 30 days. Conscientious objector Atalya Ben-Abba, 19, was on Tuesday sentenced to a third stint in prison after reporting to the Tel Hashomer military induction base and refusing to enlist…

By Orly Noy April 19, 2017

Conscientious objector Tamar Alon holds up her release papers after spending 130 days in military prison. (Courtesy of Mesarvot)

After 130 days in prison, IDF frees conscientious objector Tamar Alon

‘The price I paid is small compared to the price millions of Palestinians have been paying for 50 years,’ says Alon, who was imprisoned for refusing to take part in the occupation. By Yael Marom After 130 days in military prison, the Israeli army on Wednesday released conscientious objector Tamar Alon from mandatory service. Alon…

By +972 Magazine April 6, 2017

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WATCH: Trump Israel envoy praises Israeli leftists — for sending kids to the army

‘I don’t feel the same way about the Israeli Left as I do about the American Left, because the Israeli Left deeply, deeply care about their country,’ Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel is recorded saying. Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next American ambassador to Israel has come under intense criticism for, among other…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man March 2, 2017

Atalya Ben-Abba. (Screenshot)

WATCH: Conscientious objector on why she refuses to join the IDF

Atalya Ben-Abba, 19, recently refused to join the Israeli army on moral grounds and, like others before her, was sentenced to jail. Here, she talks about her reasons for conscientious objection. Read more: My sister is refusing to join the IDF — and I couldn’t be prouder Israeli army jails two conscientious objectors for fourth…

By Social TV February 14, 2017

Demonstrators organize a performance in support of Tair Kaminer, a 19-year-old Israeli conscientious objector, at the Tel Hashomer induction base, Ramat Gan, Israel, January 10, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Conscientious objection is yet another Ashkenazi privilege

Praise for IDF refusenik Tair Kaminer’s “ethics” obscures the fact that an illustrious military service is the Mizrahim’s litmus test for social acceptance and allows the Left to bask in its own self-proclaimed enlightenment. By Tom Mehager The public debate regarding Tair Kaminer’s refusal to serve in the army illustrates, yet again, the color-blindness of…

By Haokets May 14, 2016

Solidarity protesters and family members protest for Israeli conscientious objector Tair Kaminer, Prison 400, central Israel, January 23, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Protest for conscientious objector outside IDF prison

Conscientious objector Tair Kaminer is being held in an Israel army women’s prison for refusing to take part in the occupation. Text by Haggai Matar Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Roughly 80 left-wing activists protested in support of jailed conscientious objector Tair Kaminer outside the IDF’s Prison 400 on Saturday. Two weeks ago Kaminer informed the…

By Haggai Matar January 25, 2016

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Music video lambasts recruitment of Palestinians to Israel’s army

Prominent Palestinian musicians say recruiting minority ethnic and religious Arab groups into the army is part of Israel’s divide-and-conquer tactics, pushing young Palestinians to ‘side with the occupation’ and shrug off their national and historical identity. Two prominent Palestinian musicians released a hip-hop music video this week lambasting efforts to recruit young Palestinian citizens of…

By Rami Younis November 7, 2015

Playing music and calling to free conscientious obkectors at Military Prison 6 (Haggai Matar)

WATCH: Supporting jailed conscientious objectors in Israel

For decades, since the First Lebanon War, Israeli military objector group Yesh Gvul has been leading demonstrations in support of imprisoned conscientious objectors. Last month, the organization went to ‘Prison 4’ in Zrifin to support conscientious objector Ido Ramon, who has served some 100 days for refusing to take part in the occupation. Social TV…

By Social TV September 12, 2015

Uriel Ferera, 19-year-old orthodox Jew from Beer Sheva, enters Tel Ha'Shomer Military Base, where he will announce his refusal to draft to Israeli army service, April 27, 2014. Uriel says he refuses to take part in the occupation and that his request for civil service instead of a military one was rejected by the army.

Freed Israeli conscientious objector: They tried to break me

Uriel Ferera says he doesn’t feel like he lost the 177 days that he spent in military prison. ‘The opposite. I fought for my principles — to not lend a hand to the occupation.’ By Daniel Beller After 177 days in Israeli military prison and 10 trials, ideological conscientious objector Uriel Ferera is a free man. When…

By +972 Magazine December 23, 2014

New IDF conscripts put on uniforms for the first time, November 20, 2006. (Photo by IDF Spokesperson)

‘Draft dodger law’ robs Israel’s poor of higher education

The vast majority of draft dodgers and deserters refuse to serve for economic reasons. Those youngsters, who already come from Israel’s weakest communities, are the ones who will be harmed most by a new law that strips them of funds for higher education. By Sahar Vardi While clashes between in East Jerusalem took place surrounding…

By +972 Magazine November 18, 2014