#shalomsalaam — Public Fediverse posts
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#MennoniteAction is turning two, and it's a sobering anniversary. We wish to see a free #Palestine, and see our work become obsolete. And yet, we're encouraged by two years of faithful expression of #solidarity, two years of learning, training, taking bold public action, and experiencing unity together in this movement. We invite all in our community of #Mennonites 4Ceasefire
to join us on November 20th for our Anniversary Call, this month's Mass Call oriented to reflection, remembering, and recommitting to the work that still lies ahead. RSVP to join here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/call -
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#MennoniteAction is turning two, and it's a sobering anniversary. We wish to see a free #Palestine, and see our work become obsolete. And yet, we're encouraged by two years of faithful expression of #solidarity, two years of learning, training, taking bold public action, and experiencing unity together in this movement. We invite all in our community of #Mennonites 4Ceasefire
to join us on November 20th for our Anniversary Call, this month's Mass Call oriented to reflection, remembering, and recommitting to the work that still lies ahead. RSVP to join here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/call -
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#MennoniteAction is turning two, and it's a sobering anniversary. We wish to see a free #Palestine, and see our work become obsolete. And yet, we're encouraged by two years of faithful expression of #solidarity, two years of learning, training, taking bold public action, and experiencing unity together in this movement. We invite all in our community of #Mennonites 4Ceasefire
to join us on November 20th for our Anniversary Call, this month's Mass Call oriented to reflection, remembering, and recommitting to the work that still lies ahead. RSVP to join here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/call -
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#MennoniteAction is turning two, and it's a sobering anniversary. We wish to see a free #Palestine, and see our work become obsolete. And yet, we're encouraged by two years of faithful expression of #solidarity, two years of learning, training, taking bold public action, and experiencing unity together in this movement. We invite all in our community of #Mennonites 4Ceasefire
to join us on November 20th for our Anniversary Call, this month's Mass Call oriented to reflection, remembering, and recommitting to the work that still lies ahead. RSVP to join here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/call -
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#MennoniteAction is turning two, and it's a sobering anniversary. We wish to see a free #Palestine, and see our work become obsolete. And yet, we're encouraged by two years of faithful expression of #solidarity, two years of learning, training, taking bold public action, and experiencing unity together in this movement. We invite all in our community of #Mennonites 4Ceasefire
to join us on November 20th for our Anniversary Call, this month's Mass Call oriented to reflection, remembering, and recommitting to the work that still lies ahead. RSVP to join here: https://www.mennoniteaction.org/call -
https://anabaptistworld.org/61-arrested-calling-on-senator-to-stop-starving-gaza/
I am incredibly proud of these 61 Mennonites for their nonviolent hymn-singing protest for the people of #Gaza.
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https://jewishcoproject.org/2025/08/13/history-1989-statement-by-south-african-jewish-cos/
Sharing this important snapshot of Jewish history, a statement signed by 23 South African Jewish conscientious objectors during the days of apartheid.
Excerpt: NATIONAL JEWISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS STATEMENT.
Without coercion, influence, and of our own free will and conscience; we, individual members of the Jewish community, have adopted the following stance:
As Jews, members of a people who possess a religious tradition of social justice and who have endured a history of oppression, we have resolved not to serve in the South African Defence Force. South African society is founded on a system of racial inequality and discrimination, rejected by the majority of its people. The SADF plays a role in maintaining the universally condemned system of apartheid. We regard the system of apartheid as working against the interests of the people of South Africa and in obstructing peaceful development in the region. The SADF’s ongoing destabilisation of the Frontline states, its role in South Africa’s black townships and the general militarisation of South African society are also particularly worrying to us. Our opposition to being conscripted into the SADF is based on our Jewish identity which consists of religious, historical, and cultural elements. Jewish sensitivity and consciousness, born out of oppression in the form of ghettos, pogroms, inquisitions, expulsions and the unique suffering of the holocaust; when combined with our religious and traditional longing for a just society, demand the active pursuit of peace and the elimination of all forms of injustice and racism.
“One who has the opportunity to protest against evil and remains indifferent is deemed culpable by G-d“
(Shmot Rabba 1:2)We see our objection to serving in the SADF as an expression of our Jewish faith and heritage, and as loyal to the majority of South Africans. We wish to make a constructive and peaceful contribution to South Africa’s future in the interests of all its people.
There are very limited options open to those opposed to conscription. We therefore call for alternatives to be made
available. We believe that non-punitive, constructive community service provides such a concrete alternative to military service. In this way, national service will become beneficial to the entire South African community.We stand in solidarity with Jewish objectors Dave Bruce and Saul Batzofin and other imprisoned conscientious objectors and call for their immediate release.
Signed by 33 Jewish conscientious objectors, in Johannesburg and
in Cape Town. 21 September 1989.#ConscientiousObjection #Judaism #SouthAfrica #Apartheid #Mazeldon #Peace #Shalom #ShalomSalaam #Consciption #Draft #MilitaryDraft
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I'm presenting at this seminar (which is also my capstone project for the certificate program in Unbound #Judaism - from the folks at #JudaismUnbound
The program is free and you can participate via Zoom (thanks to The #SpinozaHavurah), in-person in Oklahoma City (thanks to Joy #Mennonite Church) or via recording.
#ConscientiousObjection #CO #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Judaism #Mazeldon #JewishPeace #PeaceActivism #MilitaryLaw #JewishHistory
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Sharing this very important joint statement from the foreign ministers of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, as well as the EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management.
Here is the full text of the statement:
“We, the signatories listed below, come together with a simple, urgent message: the war in Gaza must end now.
“The suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths. The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity. We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food. It is horrifying that over 800 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid. The Israeli Government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable. Israel must comply with its obligations under international humanitarian law.
“The hostages cruelly held captive by Hamas since 7 October 2023 continue to suffer terribly. We condemn their continued detention and call for their immediate and unconditional release. A negotiated ceasefire offers the best hope of bringing them home and ending the agony of their families.
“We call on the Israeli government to immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid and to urgently enable the UN and humanitarian NGOs to do their life-saving work safely and effectively.
“We call on all parties to protect civilians and uphold the obligations of international humanitarian law. Proposals to remove the Palestinian population into a ‘humanitarian city’ are completely unacceptable. Permanent forced displacement is a violation of international humanitarian law.
“We strongly oppose any steps towards territorial or demographic change in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The E1 settlement plan announced by Israel’s Civil Administration, if implemented, would divide a future Palestinian state in two, marking a flagrant breach of international law, and critically undermine the two-state solution. Meanwhile, settlement building across the West Bank and East Jerusalem has accelerated while settler violence against Palestinians has soared. This must stop.
“We urge the parties and the international community to unite in a common effort to bring this terrible conflict to an end, through an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire. Further bloodshed serves no purpose. We reaffirm our complete support to the efforts of the US, Qatar and Egypt to achieve this.
“We are prepared to take further action to support an immediate ceasefire and a political pathway to security and peace for Israelis, Palestinians and the entire region.”
This statement has been signed by:
The Foreign Ministers of #Australia, #Austria, #Belgium, #Canada, #Denmark, #Estonia, #Finland, #France, #Iceland, #Ireland, #Italy, #Japan, #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Luxembourg, The #Netherlands, #NewZealand, #Norway, #Poland, #Portugal, #Slovenia, #Spain, #Sweden, #Switzerland and the #UK
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Powerful piece written by one of my military law clients (recently discharged from the USAF on the grounds of conscientious objection), Joy Metzler
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #ConscientiousObjection #USAF
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Just as in past recent wars (i.e. Iraq and Afghanistan), the reality for IDF troops on the ground in Gaza doesn't line up with the PR spin being put out by the military.
This is why I am so glad this soldier is speaking out and telling the truth about the #WarCrimes being committed by the IDF.
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/6/5/fast_for_gaza_un?autostart=true
Very proud to see my old client Lt. Joy Metzler be on #DemocracyNow, along with #KathyKelly (a hero of mine for more than 20 years --- her speaking at the old Cornerstone Festival circa 2001 was a major nudge in my life towards law school and peace activism) and Mike Ferner of #VeteransForPeace.
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For my friends who identify as progressive Zionists (i.e. who support a 2 state solution in I/P), it is imperative that you speak out NOW against this Israeli effort to vastly expand illegal settlement activity in thr #WestBank, which is specifically designed to undermine any hope of actual Palestinian statehood.
Excerpt: The motion was said to have been put forward by the far-right defence minister, Israel Katz, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who lives in the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, which is considered illegal under international law.
Katz said the settlement decision “strengthens our hold on Judea and Samaria”, using the biblical term for the West Bank, “anchors our historical right in the Land of Israel, and constitutes a crushing response to Palestinian terrorism”.
He added it was also “a strategic move that prevents the establishment of a Palestinian state that would endanger Israel”.
A spokesperson for the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said: “Israel continues to promote Jewish supremacy through the theft of Palestinian land and the ethnic cleansing of the West Bank. The Israeli government is openly and blatantly working to destroy the Palestinian people, and any chances for a normal future for the people living between the Jordan River and the sea.”
The spokesperson added: “The international community is enabling Israel’s crimes by standing aside while millions of Palestinians are subjected to this racist and brutal regime of the Israeli government.”
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Shared from @lexaphus on FB:
Beautiful effort just launched -- Jews for Food Aid for People in Gaza. Please consider supporting/amplifying in whatever ways you can.
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Action steps!
1. Sign onto the statement yourself at www.foodaidforgaza.org -- goal is 18,000 signers.
2. Circulate the website to people you have relationships with -- friends, rabbis, executive directors, thought leaders, celebrities.
3. They are seeking organizational endorsers (including synagogues!!!) -- the sign on form is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuvjRJgqNVsMSx9upAZXl3SncKdEaHe7dFfHmVqW-AnPuf3Q/viewform .
4. Circulate this campaign in your congregations/communities and engage your people in helping us reach our first phase goal of 18,000 signers -- check out the community amplification toolkit on the website!#JewsForFoodAidForPeopleInGaza #Gaza #Palestine #Judaism #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Mazeldon
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I was a fan of #Matisyahu for many years, so it is with great sadness that I'm sharing this petition.
Excerpt: Matisyahu has, in recent months, become a prominent supporter of BETAR, a movement on the far-right of Zionist political spectrum. Matisyahu himself is featured prominently on the homepage of BETAR’s website, in a video playing the guitar and wearing a shirt with BETAR’s logo, and a headband with the logo of the Jewish Defense League. Matisyahu has also publicly posted about his support of BETAR and the other organizations mentioned all throughout his various social media channels. BETAR began as the youth wing of a right-wing Zionist group with fascist influence and a long-standing hostility to Arabs, critics of Israel, and to Jews and Israelis seeking peace and coexistence. In recent months BETAR has “rebooted” and has been actively threatening Jews, and non-Jewish officials, critical of Israel’s war in Gaza. In the spirit of Meir Kahane’s legacy they encourage violent confrontation when working through the censoring mechanisms of the state to deport critics are not available.
BETAR is heir to the legacy of far-right militias and movements which were inspired by European fascism and hypernationalism. One of BETAR’s most famous products was the late Prime Minister Menachim Begin, who, as a leader of the far-right Irgun, terrorized both the British and the local Arab populations. In 1948, as Begin was forming a right-wing political party in the new State of Israel, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, and other Jewish luminaries signed an open-letter decrying Begin’s fascist influences and the crimes of the Deir Yassin massacre. Like Einstein then we protest now the welcoming of a supporter of this latest iteration of far-right Zionism.
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #ResistFascism #Fascism #Judaism #JewishMusic #Mazeldon #Palestine #israel
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This year for #pesach, I've picked a theme song for each night of the 7 (or maybe 8) day holiday, very loosely riffing o. my feelings of rather day or what I'm hoping for today. most will not be "Jewish" persay but rather just songs that resonate with the holiday and the flow of the season.
here is night #2's, "I hear them all" by Old Crow Medicine Show
https://youtu.be/ug7IgB8MfWE?si=VcL-ACq0fPZWw8od
#Passover #Judaism #ShalomSalaam #JewishMusic #Mazeldon #Americana #OldCrowMedicineShow
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/anti-hamas-slogans-gaza-protest-war-israel-ceasefire-rcna198125
Sharing to counter the false narrative that all Palestinians back Hamas.
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I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
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I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
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I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
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I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
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I'm very proud of my client, Lt. Joy Metzler, who appeared on Democracy Now! today.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/4/aaron_bushnell
#Gaza #ConscientiousObjector #ConscientiousObjection #Palestine #Peace #ShalomSalaam
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Work has been too fast to comment much on politics over the few days, except to say this: don't let anyone fool you --- #Netanyahu is a fascist, just like #Trump.
#ShalomSalaam #Resist #ResistFascism #Fascism #Imperialism #Nationalism
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https://cpt.org/2025/01/17/there-is-no-future-in-palestine?blm_aid=34192
A heartbreaking reminder that even if the #Ceasefire happens, there is ongoing harassment of the people of #Palestine in the #WestBank that has escalated in recent months.
These billboards are a cruel and sick tactic.
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It is very hopeful to hear of these Israeli troops who are deciding to follow their consciences and refuse to fight in Gaza, joining the broader movement of former #IDF troops who are refusing orders to support the ongoing occupations of the West Bank, Gaza and Golan Heights.
#WarResistance #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Israel #Palestine #CeasefireNow #Conscience #ConscientiousObjection
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I came across this story from a few months ago while researching the prevalence of #IDF troops posting evidence of #WarCrimes on social media.
It is a horrifying story, but I appreciate the author for taking the time to document some of the worst examples of this phenomenon.
Some of this, of course, is common to all wars. I've seen and heard similar things to these posts from US servicemembers (FYI, I am an attorney who works in the area of military law) but there does appear to be an escalation of scale in the quantity of such posts from IDF troops, which I personally believe represents a tacit endorsement of said war crimes by the brass.
P.S. War crimes are committed by all sides in wars, including this one. And they are always wrong.
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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
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/middleeast/gaza-war-israeli-soldiers-ptsd-suicide-intl/index.html
I've been fearing this news since the beginning of the wretched war in #Gaza. These stories of IDF troops who are now dealing with terrible PTSD (with some taking their lives) are so heartbreaking.
As always, it is the rank and file grunts who have to deal with the horrors of war, while the generals and presidents can sit removed from it all. --- #Netanyahu probably sleeps like a baby because he doesn't have to see the carnage with his own eyes.
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/14/air-force-academy-grad-deconstructs-a-military-mindset/
I am very proud to share this op-ed written by one of my clients, a USAF officer who has applied for #ConscientiousObjector status.
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #NonViolene #USAF #USMilitary #Military
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I'm lending a small amount ($25) through this microlending effort to help Adel, a Palestinian man in Bethlehem, to be able to buy the construction equipment he needs for his business in Bethlehem, in the West Bank.
I hope you'll consider doing the same. It's definitely a good cause.
Also, for my fellow #HumanisticJews --- if you lend to this loan, be sure to join the Humanistic Judaism group on Kiva, so our group will get credit for supporting this loan.
#HumanisticJudaism #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Palestine #WestBank #Bethlehem #Kiva #Microlending
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CW: Israeli media report on extreme prisoner abuse
Horrifying story from #Haaretz newspaper in #Israel about the #WarCrimes being committed against Palestinian prisoners by #idf.
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Another round of extreme overreaction by The University of Texas at Austin to peaceful campus protests.
It is sad to see this because once upon a time, I would have encouraged my son to consider UT for college (based on my experiences of living across the alleyway from the UT campus, I came to deeply appreciate the place), but not anymore. The Austin I loved (which included many peaceful South Mall protests when I was there) is no more.
BTW, I remember spending the part of the night in a tent on the South mall as part of a cannabis legalization protest sometime between 1997-2000. The UTPD never even stopped by. That is how uneventful campus protests were back then.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/29/university-texas-pro-palestinian-protest-arrest/
#FreeSpeech #CampusProtests #FirstAmendment #Austin #Texas #TX #Peace #ShalomSalaam #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Protest #UT #UTexas
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/opinions/yale-student-palestinian-protests-berlin/index.html
Excerpt: Indeed, Yale Jews for Ceasefire exists because of — not in spite of — our Jewish values. On the issue of divestment, for example, the Talmud teaches us that we may not sell weapons to those we suspect of using them criminally. Therefore, we have a duty to disrupt the manufacture and sale of military weapons that kill others, including those killing Palestinians.
#ShalomSalaam #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #CampusProtest #CeasefireNOW #Peace
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https://forward.com/opinion/606655/usc-valedictorian-commencement-canceled/
Powerful op-ed from The Forward (a leftist Jewish newspaper)
#ShalomSalaam #Peace #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #StudentRights #FreeSpeech #Solidarity #TheForward
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Proud to see another #Israeli #ConscientiousObjector speak up and engage in public #CivilDisobedience.
Israeli teen jailed for refusing draft: 'I'm willing to pay a price for my principles'
https://www.972mag.com/ben-arad-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/Tagging @ehasbrouck @MilitaryLaw @Okpeace.org
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Draft #Conscription #Refusenik
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Proud to see another #Israeli #ConscientiousObjector speak up and engage in public #CivilDisobedience.
Israeli teen jailed for refusing draft: 'I'm willing to pay a price for my principles'
https://www.972mag.com/ben-arad-conscientious-objector-israeli-army/Tagging @ehasbrouck @[email protected]
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Draft #Conscription #Refusenik
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This is a really important editorial, from the USA's most important leftist Jewish media outlet, #TheForward.
Excerpt: Israel must immediately end the fighting in Gaza, committing to a ceasefire in exchange for the release of as many hostages as possible — and start the hard, hard work of restoring its international standing to ensure its future as a Jewish democracy alongside an independent, unoccupied Palestine.
#Peace #ShalomSalaam #Israel #Palestinr #Gaza #Mazeldon
https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/looking-forward/600316/why-an-immediate-ceasefire-is-a-moral-imperative-and-the-best-thing-for-israel/?utm_source=The+Forward+Association&utm_campaign=14d73fdeff-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_10_24_08_43_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-aaa3b6e98a-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D -
This is a really important editorial, from the USA's most important leftist Jewish media outlet, #TheForward.
Excerpt: Israel must immediately end the fighting in Gaza, committing to a ceasefire in exchange for the release of as many hostages as possible — and start the hard, hard work of restoring its international standing to ensure its future as a Jewish democracy alongside an independent, unoccupied Palestine.
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https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_/status/1761789742801134032
Here are the words of Sofia Or, a brave Israeli conscientious objector who is going to military prison rather than agreeing to serve in the IDF:
"I'm coming here today to refuse to enlist in the IDF, as an act of solidarity and love to the Palestinian people.
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#ConscientiousObjection #Israel #Peace #ShalomSalaam #IDF #Israeli #Palestine #Gaza #Mesarvot #Mazeldon #SofiaOr
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https://twitter.com/OrenZiv_/status/1761789742801134032
Here are the words of Sophia Orr, a brave Israeli conscientious objector who is going to military prison rather than agreeing to serve in the IDF:
"I'm coming here today to refuse to enlist in the IDF, as an act of solidarity and love to the Palestinian people. And to say that war has no winners, that violence only leads to more violence, and that everyone's being held by this war and by the occupation, that the only way that we can ever solve this is by a political solution and to share peace to everyone.
It's also a message to the people of Gaza . . . (that) here are people fighting for them and that we are trying to make peace, some of us, and it's also a message to the people in Israel, to show them that refusing is possible, and to raise that message and to raise that voice as loudly as they can.
#ConscientiousObjection #Israel #Peace #ShalomSalaam #IDF #Israeli #Palestine #Gaza #Mesarvot #Mazeldon
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I can't help but see parallels between this threat by the state of #Israel and the #YomKippurWar. Making threats like this and tying them to religious holidays is vile and wrong, even if the motive (freeing hostages) is good.
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Very deeply moved by the news of today's protest at the US Capitol by #Mennonite Action in which around 130+ protesters were arrested for civil disobedience with a message of calling for #CeasefireNOW between #Israel and #Hamas.
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/pro-palestinian-protest-underway-at-cannon-rotunda-on-capitol-hill