Sunday, January 4, 2015

Alumni of Elite Israeli High School Call for Army Draft Refusal

new Monday 5th January 2015
‘A new letter urges young Israelis to refuse to serve in Israel’s occupation army.
Dozens of alumni and former staff members of an elite Jerusalem high school havestated their refusal to serve in the Israeli military, and call on future graduates of the Israel Arts and Sciences Academy to reject the draft.
Conscientious objectors face prison time for refusing compulsory Israeli military conscription orders.
“Refusing to serve in the Israeli military is not an easy choice, but a moral stance against a collective mood manifested in racism and violence on every street these days,” the letter, published yesterday, states.’
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