[lbo-talk] Israeli conscientious objector organization, "Courage to Refuse", shuts down after 3 years

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Jul 31 13:54:07 PDT 2005


The report says the media lost interest, but what's happening with refusal itself? And what ideological crisis?

Doug

Bryan wrote:


>The most centrist of the Israeli consientious objector organizations,
>and one which only counts officers, called "Courage To Refuse",
>apparently closed down their offices.
>(http://www.seruv.org.il/english/default.asp)
>
>But, don't worry, the long established Israeli conscientious
>organizations such as Yesh Gvul (http://www.yeshgvul.org.il/english/)
>and New Profile (http://www.newprofile.org/default.asp?language=en) are
>still around and will continue to exist (and hopefully grow over the
>long term.)
>
>Bryan
>
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>Left-wing refusenik movement shuts down after 3 years
>
>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/606885.html
>
>
>By Lily Galiliy, Haaretz Correspondent
>
>The left-wing refusenik movement Courage to Refuse (Ometz Lessarev) shut
>down its offices Sunday and laid off its only paid employee.
>
>The movement was established in January 2002 and stirred great public
>interest when some 50 officers and soldiers from combat units staged
>Israel's first en-masse orders refusal. The move was highly critical of
>the occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and its reprecussions.
>
>At its peak the movement had 600 signatures by army personnel opposed to
>Israel's occupation. Refusenik air force pilots and elite unit soldiers
>who refused to serve in the territories also joined the movement's ranks.
>
>More than a year ago the movement entered an ideological crisis. In the
>last few weeks its leaders concluded the media is no longer interested
>in the movement and decided to shut down its operation.
>
>David Zonenstein, one of the movement's founders stressed that talks are
>already being held with other organizations to formulate a stance for
>"the day after the disengagement."
>
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