62 Israeli Students
Refuse to Participate in Oppression
[Source: i n f o p a l -- The
Independent Palestinian Information Network]
To: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
CC: Minister of Security, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
IDF Chief of Staff, Shaul Mofaz
September 3, 2001
We the undersigned, youths who grew up and were brought up in Israel, are about to be called to serve in the IDF. We protest
before you against the aggressive and racist policy pursued by the Israeli government's and its army, and to inform you that we
do not intend to take part in the
execution of this policy.
We strongly resist Israel's pounding
of human rights. Land expropriation, arrests, executions without a trial, house
demolition, closure, torture, and the prevention of health care are only some of
the crimes the state of Israel carries out, in blunt violation of international
conventions it has ratified.
These actions are not only illegitimate; they do not even achieve their stated goal - increasing the citizens’ personal safety.
Such safety will be achieved only
through a just peace agreement between the Israeli government and the
Palestinian people.
Therefore we will obey our conscience and REFUSE to take part in acts of oppression against the Palestinian people, acts that
should properly be called terrorist actions. We call upon persons our age, conscripts, soldiers in the standing army, and reserve
service soldiers to do the same.
Haggai Matar
Amir Melanki
Nave Avimor
Shani Werner
Neta Zalmanson
Ya'el Aydan
Yair Hilo
Ra'anan Forschner
Michal Bar-Or
Matan Kaminer
Guy Arnon
Yosi Bartal
Reut Katz
Rotem Yaniv
Yemima Fink
A'lmah Yitzhaki
Ya'el Skilevski
Amir Zemer
Asaf Shtul-Trauring
Yonathan Zvik
May O'mer
Spiltzki Lihi Rothchild
Yoni Cohen
Emily Ya'aqov
Nitzan Shlush
Uriah Oren
Avi Ya'aqov
Yigal Rosenberg
Tali Lerner
A'di Sneider
Asher Shechter
Uri Brahav
A'mit Stark
Yuri Ronen
Stav Bar-Shani
Daniela Freund
Gali Rabinovitz
Yoni Ben-Dor
Shira Gertner
Uri Shamgar
Itamar Ben-Zaken
Roy Golan
Ya'el Polak
Re'ut Ben-Zur
Itay Greenstein
Ziv Kraus
Alon Elkin
Noa Levi
Tal Paz
Idan Hadash
Jacky Levi
Tzofit Kommemi
Maor Heumann
Gil Kremer
Elad Or
Gilad Itamar
Tia Levi
Yuval Kojman
Fracesca Katz
Merav Melamed
Alon Kess
Aya Michlin
For details:
Haggai Matar - 053-881213
Yair Hilo - 09-7457951
Shani Werner - 055-865422