Posts Tagged ‘conscientious objectors’
The ‘only democracy in the Middle East’ jails conscientious objectors
This is an Older Post From 2013 Which Has Been Updated Israel set to jail teenage conscientious objector for eighth time In the modern equivalent of Sparta, to refuse to engage in the repression of the occupation is itself a crime. And to think they used to call the Jewish state-to-be a ‘light among the…
Read MoreTair Kaminer and Omri Baranes – Israel’s True Heroes
Jailed Repeatedly for Refusing to Serve in Israel’s Army of Occupation Gaoled repeatedly – they refused to kill and maim by serving in the West Bank. They are two young women. Omri Baranes served 67 days in a military gaol and Tair Kaminer will have served 170 days, 6 stints in all, by the time…
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