Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old from Tel-Aviv, just refused to enlist in the Israeli army to protest the war in Gaza and the occupation.
He was sentenced to 30 days in prison.
He's a hero and also the sweetest kid.
@TalMitnick @Mesarvot_
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Nimrod Flaschenberg
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From Tel Aviv. Now in Berlin. I write on Israeli politics from a left perspective.
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Berlin, Germany
Joined July 2015
- The threat of arrest of IDF soldiers while on vacation might turn out to be one of the most effective tools to show Israeli society that there’s a price for Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians.
- These kids are heroes. They just walked into an Israeli army base, where they will declare they refuse to enlist in the destruction of Gaza and the occupation of the Palestinian people. @iddoelam @soul83563989
- Replying to @Nimrod_FlashJust want to make something clear - the 30 day sentence is the first period. After that he will be released, refuse once more, and be imprisoned again. We don’t know for how long this will continue.
- 18-year-old Sofia Orr was sentenced to 20 days in prison for refusing to enlist in the Israeli army and take part in the war on Gaza and the ongoing occupation. Sofia refuses because she believes war has no winners, and she wants to show that there's another way.
- Replying to @Nimrod_FlashYou can read Tal’s full refusal statement here:
- Israeli Minister of Justice has ordered to legislate a law saying Israelis who call for sanctions on Israel will be put in prison for up to 20 years. The craziness is intensifying in the run up to the US elections, when the world is not noticing.
- Replying to @Nimrod_FlashUsually, not in times of war, the first sentence for refusers is 7-10 days. The army is going hard on Tal probably because it's wartime and since he was very outspoken in the weeks and months leading up to his refusal.
- Everyone concerned with Israel/Palestine should listen to the simple truths @AyOdeh said in the Knesset this evening.
00:00 - We demonstrated today in Berlin against the new Israeli gov. Honestly, I don't like protesting as a Jew. But in Germany, where the establishment lumps together Jewishness, Zionism and the Israeli policies of occupation and apartheid, it's important to do it nevertheless.
- Ministers Ben Gvir and Karii (Likud) dancing in the reoccupation and resettlement conference tonight. Any international actor backing this fascist government's war is complicit in advancing the ethnic cleansing of Gaza.השרים בן גביר, וסראלוף וקרעי מפזזים עם הקהל בכנס "ההתיישבות" של הימין
00:00 - The Israeli government is now saying clearly to the Israeli press that its policy is permanent reoccupation of the Gaza Strip. It is doing so before Trump assumes office to take the option of retreat off the table. The region to the north of Netzarim is set for settlements.
- Tal Mitnick is free! He just got an exemption from military service after 185 days in prison for refusing to take part in the war in Gaza and the Israeli occupation. @TalMitnick
- My former boss MK @AidaTuma said in Knesset that no child, neither Jew nor Palestinian, is guilty and that no child should be a victim of this blood cycle. MK Merav Ben-Ari, a member of Lapid’a party, responded: “The children in Gaza brought it upon themselves.“
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