Our Words
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Daniel Schultz’s Refusal declaration
My name is Daniel Schultz, I’m 19 years old, and I grew up in a liberal household in Tel-Aviv. For most of my teen years, my political activity developed in the Yesh Atid youth – where I adopted the core belief that the IDF is the world’s most moral army, and all of its actions…
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Yona Roseman’s Refusal declaration
The state of Israel is committing genocide. With every day that passes, the list of elderly people crushed under the rubble, of men and women shot while waiting for food, of prisoners rotting in the torture camps, and of starving children dying from extreme cold and heat just goes on to infinity. There are no…
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Yuval Moav’s Refusal Declaration
My name is Yuval Moav and I refuse to be complicit in genocide. I am not special. Like people all over the world, I see what my country is doing in Gaza and find myself at a loss for words to describe the horror. I call to bring the war criminals to justice. Still, I…
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Ayana Gerstamann’s Refusal Deceleration
My name is Ayana Gerstmann, I’m 18 years old, and Israeli law dictates that I must enlist. I have decided to refuse to enlist, as my morals have obligated me to do so, and I choose to act accordingly. I was raised in a family that often mentioned the moral failure that is in the…
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Yuval Pelleg’s Refusal Deceleration
My name is Yuval Pelleg and today I refuse to enlist. Like all of us, I remember the atrocities of October 7th and the beginning of the war of destruction well. I also remember the words of Tal Mitnick, who refused to enlist a short time afterwards, and said that the war will bring no…
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Israel is establishing a concentration camp in Gaza
Israel is establishing a concentration camp in Gaza. The state of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, is establishing a concentration camp in Gaza. The state of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, is establishing in Gaza a camp in which Palestinians will be concentrated and will not be allowed to exit. A…
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Ella Keidar Greenberg’s Refusal Declaration
My name is Ella Keidar Greenberg, I was raised to be a man and a soldier. At the age of 14 I came out as a trans woman and rejected society’s dictation of gender. Now, at the age of 18, I am refusing to enlist, and rejecting society’s militaristic dictation. Shortly after coming out, I…
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Soul Behar Tsalik’s Refusal Declaration
Hello, my name is Soul. I am 18 years old, and I refuse to enlist. We must end the war and Israel’s presence in Gaza – for the lives of both Israelis and Palestinians alike. Human lives are equally valuable, no matter which side of an ethnic or political line we were born on. We…
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