Hello,
I am Bar, a 17 year old born in 1948 Palestine, and one of more than 130 teenagers that signed a declaration refusing to join the Israeli terrorist army, that is committing Genocide and ethnic cleansing as we speak. Since infancy, the Israeli “education” system indoctrinates the population to believe that there is “no choice” but living forever by the sword. But we are here to say that the army is not fate, no one is born a soldier! And choosing to enlist has inescapable consequences. Read an interview with Bar in the Haaretz newspaper >>
Written in the Banner: Not a murderer, not a rapist, I’m not enlisting in the army
We are getting a lot of heat lately. About two weeks ago, thousands of students at four different highschools in the Tel Aviv-Yaffa area started their morning with our refusal declaration distributed all over their lockers and classrooms.
These teachers are right, we wont let you commit a genocide and then not even talk about it! The declaration was even mentioned in the most popular right wing news channel in the country, Channel 14 (kind of the Israeli Fox news).
Mesarvot’s refusal declaration distributed at highschools – June 2026
Some months from now I will probably be sitting in the Israeli occupation prisons for refusing to join the zionist army. Its a price to pay, but what would you do in my situation? Would you be willing to participate in moral injustices? I refuse to cooperate with a fascist government. I refuse to continue the cycle of bloodshed!
And you?
In solidarity,
Bar Zvirin