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Over 120 Israeli teenagers announce their refusal to enlist in the army

On the last day of the school year in Israel, June 19th, a letter from teens announcing their refusal to enlist in the Israeli army was distributed in thousands of copies across several schools around the country. The letter, titled…

In Great Britain, “No one wants to live next door to a war criminal”

The petition launched by Declassified UK and International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) calls on the British Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary to launch investigations and legal proceedings to determine the involvement of approximately 2,000 British citizens—who are active-duty…

Daniel Schultz, Israeli conscientious objector: “I refuse to enlist because it is the most humane thing to do”

My name is Daniel Schultz, I’m 19 years old, and I grew up in a liberal household in Tel-Aviv. For most of my teen years, my political activity developed in the Yesh Atid youth – where I adopted the core…

One day they will tell what happened there

By Avner Wishnitzer. Avner is a co-founder of Combatants for Peace and a professor of history at Tel Aviv University. We reprint with his permission this recent article for the Hebrew-language online publication Local Call. One day they’ll tell about…

Israel declares it wants to invade the southern Gaza Strip

Israel intends to invade the southern Gaza Strip by land, in Rafah, the head of the Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced just now. The operation could begin at any time. The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] chief of staff opposed the…