After 20 days, he'll be asked to conscript again. If he refuses, he'll be sent to jail again. This will continue till either he agrees to conscription or the military stops requiring him.

  • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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    8 months ago

    two communist MPs have been dropped from the Knesset

    Have a good article on this?

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Okay, here's the other parliamentarian that was "sanctioned," apparently:

      https://peoplesworld.org/article/palestinian-and-israeli-communists-tell-u-s-audience-fight-for-ceasefire-now/

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      From People's World (I know it's not CPUSA's best outlet; that goes to cpusa.org, but People's World has covered this every now and then).

      Let me try to find 'em...

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      https://peoplesworld.org/article/palestinian-and-israeli-communists-tell-u-s-audience-fight-for-ceasefire-now/

      https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/right-wing-israeli-lawmakers-determined-to-silence-jews-opposed-to-gaza-genocide/

      https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-communist-lawmaker-warns-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinians-is-underway/

    • MattsAlt [comrade/them]
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      8 months ago

      I'm not aware of anything like this but I could be falling behind the news. Ofer Cassif narrowly avoided expulsion in February

      • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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        8 months ago

        See my other comment:

        I may have been wrong about this part, tbh.

        On a quick review, it seems that one was "sanctioned" and another was basically put on time-out, maybe more than once (but I'm not sure about that part either).

        I believe there's repression, but so far, I don't know how far it extends.

        • MattsAlt [comrade/them]
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          8 months ago

          Oh yeah I definitely agree it's still repression. Honestly didn't know if there had been updates as I've not been able to keep up with the news as much

          • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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            8 months ago

            As an aside, I just find it interesting:

            If there's outcry and protests in Israel and if the war is taking longer than anyone thought then that could mean we're winning in the end and that the war is going poorly for the genociders.

          • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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            8 months ago

            Yeah, you can look through the article I posted yourself. There definitely does seem to be repression against any protest or outcry against what's happening.

            Frankly, though, I just hope that the protests and direct action here in the US and around the world is working; we need to stop shipments to Israel and make the whole genocide as uncomfortable and hard as possible for the settler-colonialists! We need to force peace on these settlers and not on their terms and hopefully the Palestinian resistance in Gaza can survive after this.

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Here you go! Found the original article:

      https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-communist-ofer-cassif-expelled-from-parliament-for-criticizing-war-on-gaza/

    • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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      8 months ago

      Here's another article:

      https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-palestinian-struggle-within-israel-interview-with-the-communist-party-of-israel/