{"id":12445,"date":"2018-04-18T10:14:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=12445"},"modified":"2019-12-22T01:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T06:29:25","slug":"israel-im-going-to-prison-rather-than-serve-in-the-israeli-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=12445","title":{"rendered":"Israel: “I\u2019m going to prison rather than serve in the Israeli army”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. DISARMAMENT & SECURITY. <\/p>\n

An article from Finalscape<\/a> (translation by CPNN)<\/p>\n

My name is Nattan Helman. I’m 20 years old, I come from Kibbutz Haogen.<\/p>\n

On November 20, I will refuse to serve in the Israeli army for reasons of conscience. In the third year of college, I came across documents about the occupation and started asking: What are we doing there? How does this affect our society? How does it affect me?<\/p>\n

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“Put down the gun and take up the pen”, What are some other examples?<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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After doing some research, after reading books, articles and testimonies of soldiers, after seeing the territories, I concluded that Israeli policies were oppressing Palestinians and Israelis.<\/p>\n

When I received my first call from the army, I knew I would not go. I told my parents. At first they took it very badly, then they understood and they supported me.<\/p>\n

At first, I felt lonely and thought I was the only one to think so. I knew that my refusal was a violation of the law but in front of every law there is morality, a conscience, a limit.<\/p>\n

In the past, there was a lot of social injustice that was legal. The Holocaust in Europe, apartheid in South Africa, slavery in the United States are all examples of legal injustice. A law requiring enlistment in an army that opposes an entire population is not an ethical law and I do not feel the obligation to obey it. <\/p>\n

I spoke with former objectors about the conditions of life in prison, and I try to get used to the idea of \u200b\u200bliving there.<\/p>\n

The situation is frightening and stressful, but I think if I continue to believe in my values, they will strengthen me and protect me there.<\/p>\n

(Click here for the original French version of this article.)<\/p>\n

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