2/2 Peace Shall Destroy Many #readswellwith this article:
https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Alternative_Service_Work_Camps_%28Canada%29
And this list, which includes some of my family who were CO's:
https://www.alternativeservice.ca/service/ListofCOs.htm
Shani Louk was an Israeli conscientious objector, but was kidnapped at the Nova festival and murdered by Hamas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Shani_Louk#Shani_Louk
#Gaza
#Israel
#ConscientiousObjectors
#women
#ShaniLouk
#Nova
UK folks - please consider wearing a #WhitePoppy for peace.
And a Big Thank You 🙏🤍🙏 to Sir Mark Rylance for supporting the anuual Peace Pledge Union's Alternative Remembrance Ceremony in front of the memorial for #ConscientiousObjectors
#ArmisticeDay
www.ppu.org.uk/civicrm/even...
National Alternative Remembran...
I highly recommend watching this #documentary to understand how young #Israeli #dissenters / #ConscientiousObjectors feel & the consequences they face for trying to stand for justice. They're in the minority in Israel & are often called traitors by Zionazis. I know some former Israelis in BC who have been ostracized from their families; who refuse to stop being bigoted Zionazis & support more violent land thefts from Palestinians. Dissenters don't get support from a society that has been brainwashed to hate all Arabs - they usually face abuses/harassment for taking moral & ethical stands against occupational forces/violence.
This #DocFilm was made well before Oct 7.
Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is expected to become a soldier. Unlike most, she questions the practices of her country’s military, and becomes determined to challenge this rite of passage. Despite her family’s #political disagreements and personal concerns, she refuses #military duty and is imprisoned for her dissent. Her courage moves those around her to reconsider their own political positions and power to effect change. Objector follows Atalya to prison and beyond, offering a unique window into the Israeli - #Palestinian conflict from the perspective of a young woman who seeks truth and takes a stand for justice.
This documentary was produced by Buried Seed Productions and directed by Molly Stuart. It was first released in 2019.
I Refuse to Fight for Israel
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9RS4QVwKmQI
#FreePalestine #FeedPalestine #PalestineSolidarity #IsraelIsATerroristState #ZionismIsACult #SanctionIsrael #BDSMovement #BoycottIsraeliApartheid #BoycottUSA #CrimesAgainstHumanity #AbolishUNVeto #WarCrimes #HumanRights #MiddleEast #AntiGenocide #Ethics #Morals #Geopolitics #Humanity
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #conscientiousobjectors / #nonviolentresistance
„Israel: Solidarity with refusers in prison
In July, a group of Israeli teenagers publicly declared their refusal to serve in the Israeli military, protesting against the genocide in Gaza and the ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories. With their refusal, these conscientious objectors have called for an end to the war in Gaza and urged others to resist conscription (...).”
https://wri-irg.org/en/programmes/rrtk/co-action-alert/2025/israel-solidarity-refusers-prison
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #refuseniks / #conscientiousobjectors / #repression
„This coming Sunday, August 17, at 10:00 a.m., at the Haifa enlistment camp, Yona Roseman, a 19-year-old from Haifa, will refuse to enlist in protest against the #genocide in Gaza, and will probably be tried and sent to prison. Activists from the #Mesarvot network will accompany her outside the draft office in a demonstration.“
Two Israeli teens sent to prison for refusing to take part in the Gaza genocide
This morning, 18-year-old Ayana Gerstmann and Yuval Pelleg refused to enlist in the Israeli military. Gerstmann was sentenced…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #army #AyanaGerstmann #conscientiousobjectors #Gaza #Genocide #IL #Israel #Mesarvot #YuvalPelleg
https://www.newsbeep.com/31197/
#israel #palestine #lebanon : #war / #gaza / #hamas / #hezbollah / #idf / #warfatigue / #conscientiousobjectors
„A growing number of Israeli reservists are choosing not to report for duty, putting further strain on an overextended military amid an ever-widening war.“
#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #idf / #refuseniks / #conscientiousobjectors
„The refusal of his government to negotiate with Hamas on the release of captives in Gaza led to more than 100 soldiers announcing in a letter to the prime minister that they would no longer wear the uniform.“
I'm proud to share that I was quoted in this story from #CounterCurrents about the recent statement by #VeteransForPeace in support of #Israeli conscientious objectors who are refusing to fight in the wars in #Gaza and #Lebanon.
Tags: #Israel #ConscientiousObjectors #ConscientiousObjection #Peace #ShalomSalaam
#OTD in 1943 five #ConscientiousObjectors began a hunger strike at the United States Northeastern Penitentiary in #Lewisburg Pennsylvania, they were soon joined by a sixth.
Forced feeding of the religious and political #pacifists refusing to fight #WWII began October 22nd as they persisted to oppose what they felt was unjust and unconstitutional "Totalitarian" control of their lives. The hunger strike ended in December 1943 when the head of the Federal Bureau of #Prisons, ended the #censorship of their mail but retained the right to read #PrisonerMail. The men were released after the conclusion of World War II.
One of those #LewisburgPrison #HungerStrikers was a theological seminary student named #DaveDellinger who had been educated at Yale and Oxford before joining the Divinity School of NYC Theological Seminary. Dellinger had already learned as an ambulance driver in the #SpanishCivilWar that "whoever won the armed struggle, it would not be the people". Dellinger later worked with the Berrigan brothers, Daniel Ellsberg and helped organize the 1967 protest march that encircled the #Pentagon. Dellinger would later end up as the oldest member of the #Chicago7 protesters, who was acquitted in a show trial alongside Abbie Hoffman in the late 60's. He made trips to Japan to protest #AtomicWeapons, and went to China and North Vietnam, securing the release of captured American servicemen, acting as a go-between with North Vietnamese leader #HoChiMinh.
"Juan and Larry were moved to apply for 'conscientious objector' status when they observed the Israeli military's genocidal violence against #Palestinians in #Gaza. They discuss becoming a part of a long tradition of U.S. military resistance and dissent." - #KevinGosztola
Two US Air Force Members Speak Out Against #Israel's #WarOnGaza
https://youtu.be/Yo2-Yntg8O4
#Palestine #USpol #USpolitics #ConscientiousObjectors @palestine
From Pressenza;
#ukraine Stop the criminalization of #peace and #humanRights speech and the prosecution of Yurii Sheliazhenko, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian #Pacifist Movement
07.06.24 - Olivier Turquet
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The undersigned organizations express their deep disappointment and grave concerns about the continuing harassment of peace activists and #conscientiousobjectors
Israel conscientious objectors are under attack by the state
https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2024/05/17/israel-conscientious-objectors/
#ConscientiousObjectors
#Israel
#Israelis
#Attacks
#HumanRightsAbuses
Anton vanished. He moved to a village. Now he works remotely. “I love my country. But I can’t kill anyone and I don’t want to die,” Serhii said. He added: “Everyone is tired of war. And of this government. There’s an attitude of: ‘Go fuck yourself.’”
I praise the draft evaders of all armies. If you don’t agree you can go and replace Anton, or just shut up. #desertion #conscientiousobjectors
A good first step towards fairness, but a better solution is eliminating #Military #Conscription all together, or at least putting in place a better system to protect the rights of #ConscientiousObjectors.
#Israel #ConscientiousObjection #Draft
Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox who don't serve in army
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israeli-court-halts-subsidies-ultra-orthodox-dont-serve-army-rcna145572
#Ukraine #Israel #Palestine : #War / #Gaza / #Pazifism /
#conscientiousobjectors
„The Ukrainian Pacifist Movement demands:
– The State of Israel must prevent the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip in compliance with the order of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024!
– The State of Israel must stop imprisonment of conscientious objectors to military service in accordance with the concluding observations of the UN Human Rights Committee of 05 May 2022!“
https://worldbeyondwar.org/protesting-israels-war-in-ukraine/
#workingclass #LaborHistory #racism #police #policebrutality #civilrights #isaacwoodward #woodyguthrie #OrsonWelles #film #folkmusic #blackhistorymonth #BlackMastadon
Today in Labor History February 12, 1947: 60 anti-draft demonstrators burned their draft cards in New York City during an antiwar demonstration. Between 400 and 500 veterans and conscientious objectors from World Wars I and II burned their draft cards in two demonstrations, in front of the White House in Washington and at the Labor Temple in New York City, in protest of a proposed universal conscription law. Civil Rights organizers James Peck, Bayard Rustin and A.J. Muste helped organize the anti-draft protests.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #antiwar #civilrights #whitehouse #antidraft #wwii #wwi #ajmuste #newyork #conscientiousobjectors #BayardRustin
#ApartheidIsrael: Meet the growing number of #ConscientiousObjectors refusing military service • #FRANCE24English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0qONYbbfUc
