Shministim = Refuseniks

by Charles Lenchner · 2008-12-14 18:24:00 UTC
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My good friend Cole has posted a great summary of what's happening with Israel's up and coming generation of military refuseniks. They are certainly more photogenic than we were!

In any case I appreciate his summary, and the way he prioritizes the voices of the refuseniks:

“I have witnessed this army demolishing, shooting and humiliating people whom I did not know, but have learnt to respect for their ability to go on dealing with these horrors on a daily basis. There’s supposed to be a good reason for all of this. This reason is supposed to be my defense. I feel like screaming: ‘This does not defend me! It hurts me!’ It hurts me when people, Palestinians, are being so brutally assaulted, and it hurts me when they later turn their hatred towards me because of it. I wasn’t born to serve as a soldier who occupies another, and the struggle against the occupation is mine too. It is a struggle for hope, for a reality that sometimes feels so far away. I have a responsibility for this society. My responsibility is to refuse.”

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Charles Lenchner
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