Posts Tagged ‘Tair Kaminer’
These are the Israelis Labour should support – not its killers in uniform
Emily Thornberry should be supporting Israel’s Teenage Refuseniks not Labour’s Apologists for Israeli Apartheid Emily Thornberry, the Shadow Foreign Secretary and member of Labour Friends of Israel has called for all critics of Zionism and the Israeli settler state to be expelled from the Labour Party. As the Morning Star observed recently, she is following…
Read MoreIsrael’s Shining Stars of Conscience: Its Conscientious Objectors
Conscientious objectors Tamar Alon (left) and Tamar Ze’evi. Rami Ben Ari Once again, amidst the terrible things that are happening in Israel today, the bigotry and the racism, the murderous indifference and the ethnic cleansing, I turn to what is a story of hope. This is an article about 3 incredibly brave young Israeli women who…
Read MorePlease Give Generously to Israel’s Refuser Solidarity Network in the New Year
Support those young Israeli Jews who Refuse to Serve in Israel’s Occupation Forces & be part of the Criminal Majority Please read this message from Tair Kaminer, who spent 159 days in jail for publicly refusing to enlist. Tair went to prison about 6 times, for renewable periods of about 28 days, because she refused…
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…
Read MoreSupport Israel’s Refuseniks – Tair Kaminer and Tanya Golan
Tair Kaminer, a 19 year old Israeli, has already spent 20 days in a military prison for refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. She is being hauled up again and faces a repeat of the sentence. Joining her is another 19 year old, Tanya Golan. Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton has already…
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