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Trans Israeli refuser Ella Keidar Greenberg sentenced to 30 days in prison

Ella Keidar Greenberg announced today her refusal to enlist in the Israeli army and serve in the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza and has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. It is still not clear if she will be…

18-year-old Trans Conscientious Objector Ella Keidar Greenberg Refuses Military Service in Protest of Occupation and War in Gaza

On Wedensday, March 19 at 10:00, in Tel Hashomer enlistment camp, Ella Keidar Greenberg, an 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector, will publicly declare her refusal to enlist in the Israeli military. She will be accompanied by a demonstration organized by Mesarvot…

Israeli conscientious objector Itamar Greenberg exempted from military service

Itamar Greenberg was released  after spending 197 days in prison—the longest imprisonment for an objector in two decades. The Israeli army determined he had displayed “bad behavior.” He first refused to serve in August 2024 and was subsequently sentenced to…

Proposed Bill Threatens Peace and Human Rights NGOs in Israel

We publish a Press Release from Combatants for Peace that is reaching out with deep concern over a dangerous new legislative development that threatens this organization as well as other peace and human rights organizations in Israel. The Israeli government’s…

Defending the Palestinian resistance has become a crime in the UK

Today, in that renowned citadel of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that was once the UK, if you profess your support for the Palestinian resistance you can be arrested and imprisoned, your mobile phone and PC confiscated…

Israeli conscientious objector Netta Lannes Arbel: “I refuse to close my eyes. There’s another way”

Netta Lannes Arbel, 24 year-old from Emek Hefer, who refused to reenlist in the Israeli army in Ir HaBahadim Camp in southern Israel on December 29, was tried today for 8 days in military detention for his refusal. Lannes Arbel…

Save Dr. Hussam Abu Safia before he dies under torture in Israeli prisons

Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, a Palestinian born in Jabalia in 1973, is a pediatric consultant and currently the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. He is a leading figure in the health sector and is responsible…

War on Gaza Crystalizes Israel’s Image

Modern Israel attracts much attention from analysts and the public but our ability to understand it is hindered by ideology, prejudice, and myth. Many tread carefully when discussing Israel lest they be accused of antisemitism. In an earlier article, I…

“Hope is an action, not an abstract idea” – A glimpse into the work of Combatants for Peace

Combatants for Peace is a binational grassroots movement that was founded by former Palestinian and Israeli combatants in 2006. Its goal is to end violence and occupation and to promote a peaceful and just solution to the conflict. The movement…

Appeal by Eszter Koranyi and Rana Salman, co-Directors of Combatants for Peace, to the Foreign Ministers attending the G7 in Fiuggi

Dear Foreign Ministers of the G7, We are speaking to you as a bi-national movement of Israelis and Palestinians who call for peace. As you sit down to discuss the fate of our region please listen carefully to our voices. …

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