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.
Literally just kicking out opposition politicians because they criticized the government.
"Only democracy in the Middle East."
There are a few Arab or Palestinian MPs, I believe, but they've all been criticized about the media or harassed for not towing the line, I think.
two communist MPs have been dropped from the Knesset
Have a good article on this?
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/
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...
I'm not aware of anything like this but I could be falling behind the news. Ofer Cassif narrowly avoided expulsion in February
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.
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
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.
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.
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/
Here you go! Found the original article:
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-communist-ofer-cassif-expelled-from-parliament-for-criticizing-war-on-gaza/
Here's another article:
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-palestinian-struggle-within-israel-interview-with-the-communist-party-of-israel/
The Communist Party of Israel is complete garbage anyways, claiming to oppose Zionism while championing the two-state solution, hand-wringing about how "nothing justifies Oct. 7th" and "we condemn October 7th" before blaming occupation (but only opposing occupation in the West Bank and Gaza).
oh Israel, what a shining beacon of freedom in the middle east you are
Consulting the Amerikkan freedom chart to determine if they're good or not
there might as well be another part under Not Okay labeled "anyone left of Bernie"
that's so wild. the craziest thing I've heard about israel in a few days.
I assume there would be at least several dozen if not couple hundred weirdos refusing for reasons of all sorts. doesn't israel have stubborn weirdos?
They gentrified draft dodging lol
Incredible control over the population.
Literally braver than the troops. That's admirable af.
I can't even imagine being told (and forced) by my government to either go help exterminate this ethno group we don't like, or go to jail.
It must take immense moral integrity and courage to stand against the fascist regime you were brought up to revere. I hope more like him will follow.
I was under the impression that you'd be sent to prison for a fixed number of days. Can they really keep someone in prison indefinitely for this?
Yeah. You're sent to prison for a limited time, then you are asked again. As long as you keep refusing, you keep being sentenced. This only ends if you agree or they stop asking for some reason, like the end of the war or with a court order or something like that.
I guess, it's not really asking. It's mandatory conscription.
Yeah, that definitely changes the calculation. I thought it was just 30 days in prison and you're done, but this could be years, especially if the government has the incentive to try and make and example out of you.
I guess it makes those conscientious objectors even braver than I thought.
At some point I would think you would just accede to conscription and then teamkill as many IOF as you can before they kill you
Pay my respect to these brave people! From the river to the sea!
