Greenberg said his refusal to serve came as the “culmination of a long process of learning and moral reckoning.”
“The more I learned, the more I knew I couldn’t wear a uniform that symbolizes killing and oppression,” he said, explaining that Israel’s war in Gaza - which was launched after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023 - solidified his decision to refuse.
“There is genocide,” he said. “So we don’t need good reasons (to refuse).”
Utmost respect for these young people. It’s about time we heard some stories from sane Israelis.
I figured they must exist… Why do we hear so few?
Mesarvot told CNN that there are far more “grey refuseniks” or, people that claim mental or general health exemptions to dodge the draft and avoid the possibility of serving time behind bars. Because of the nature of those refusals, it is impossible to provide exact numbers.
Yesh Gvul, another anti-war group that supports conscientious objectors, told CNN that on average, every year, 20% of youngsters required to serve are refusing to do so, according to figures shared by the Israeli military. That number, Yesh Gvul said, includes both refuseniks and “grey refuseniks.”
The peeps who own most media like genocide
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the kids are okay
I think the point is that they aren’t
OP note that the link you are using is “amp” which is part of the Google ad network.
You can remove amp. And link will work with less Google tracking.
It’s weird because I thought it was abandoned by Google some time ago. https://plausible.io/blog/google-amp says it was deprecated in 2021 but still available. What a POS that was.
Sync automatically switches it to the official url. I hope Lemmy 1.0 doesn’t break it.
Possibly the only Israelis I have any respect for.
“some” being a key word.
It’s better than nothing. We need these reminders that there are also citizens that are victims of their government too.
