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Gush Shalom Spokesperson, Adam Keller, said in a press release that today,
Monday 19th November , Natan Blanc, a 19 years old Israeli from old Haifa, will
show up at the recruitment bureau, inform officers there of his refusal to serve
in the IOF, and will likely be sent immediately to the military prison.
He also said that his act of conscientious refusal is directly connected to
the current situation and the army's acts in Gaza. He took this decision even
before hearing the terrible news of five women and four children being killed
today by a single Israeli Air Force bomb.
"I began thinking about refusing to join the Israeli Army during the 'Cast
Lead' operation in 2008. The wave of aggressive militarism that swept the
country then, the expressions of mutual hatred, and the vacuous talk about
stamping out terror and creating a deterrent effect were the primary trigger for
my refusal," said Blanc
Blanc also said, " Today, after four years full of terror, without a
political process [towards peace negotiations], and without quiet in Gaza and
Sderot, it is clear that the Netanyahu Government, like that of his predecessor
Olmert, is not interested in finding a solution to the existing situation, but
rather in preserving it. From their point of view, there is nothing wrong with
our initiating a 'Cast Lead 2' operation every three or four years (and then 3,
4,5 and 6): we will talk of deterrence, we will kill some terrorist, we will
lose some civilians on both sides, and we will prepare the ground for a new
generation full of hatred on both sides."
Blanc went further, "As representatives of the people, members of the cabinet
have no duty to present their vision for the futures of the country, and they
can continue with this bloody cycle, with no end in sight. But we, as citizens
and human beings, have a moral duty to refuse to participate in this cynical
game. That is why I have decided to refuse to be inducted into the Israeli Army
on the date of my call-up order, November 19, 2012."