Greenberg said his refusal to serve came as the āculmination of a long process of learning and moral reckoning.ā
āThe more I learned, the more I knew I couldnāt wear a uniform that symbolizes killing and oppression,ā he said, explaining that Israelās war in Gaza - which was launched after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023 - solidified his decision to refuse.
āThere is genocide,ā he said. āSo we donāt need good reasons (to refuse).ā
Utmost respect for these young people. Itās about time we heard some stories from sane Israelis.
I figured they must existā¦ Why do we hear so few?
The peeps who own most media like genocide
Mesarvot told CNN that there are far more āgrey refuseniksā 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 āgrey refuseniks.ā
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the kids are okay
I think the point is that they arenāt
OP note that the link you are using is āampā which is part of the Google ad network.
You can remove amp. And link will work with less Google tracking.
Itās 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 doesnāt break it.
Possibly the only Israelis I have any respect for.
āsomeā being a key word.
Itās better than nothing. We need these reminders that there are also citizens that are victims of their government too.
