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Sarah Lazare: Dialogues Against Militarism
Thursday Feb 11, 7PM @ Red Emma's
The Civilian-Soldier Alliance welcomes you to a presentation by Dialogues Against Militarism (DAM), a group of both Iraq veterans and soldiers who refused to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan, and their allies, who work to build partnerships between U.S. and Israeli war resisters.
In August of last year 100 Israeli high school students signed an open letter to the government of Israel stating they would not enter into the mandatory two years of service in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) upon graduation and instead risk imprisonment, with another group of high school students making a similar refusal this August. These refusals were based on their unwillingness to enter into a situation where they were going to be forced to participate in the occupation of land and the subjugation of a people.
These are just a few instances of a large number of Israeli youths who have decided to enter the ranks of the Refusenik movement rather than those of the IDF, while simultaneously ex-soldiers are increasingly speaking out in opposition to Israeli policy based on their own experiences.
Sarah Lazare just returned from a U.S. war resister delegation to Israel/Palestine, where U.S. war resisters and anti-war veterans met with Palestinian activists and Isreali resisters to build relationships and share experiences. She will discuss what she learned there, focusing on Israeli resistance to occupation from within the ranks of the IDF.
For more info on DAM: www.againstmilitarism.org
*Civilian-Soldier Alliance
*"promoting resistance within the ranks"
info@civsol.org / www.civsol.org
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