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ISR12054-12055-12056-12057-12058-260402 26 April 2002
ISRAEL: Five conscripts jailed for refusal
War Resisters' International was informed by the Israeli organisation Yesh Gvul that five more conscripts have been jailed recently for refusal to take part in the campaign of repression against the Palestinian population.
On 24 April, Corp. Alon Sela (ISR12054) (Kochav Ya'ir) of an artillery unit was sentenced to 28 days for refusal to serve in the Hebron area. He declared: "Service in the occupied territories causes me moral conflicts I'm unable to handle. I don't know how others handle them."
On April 25, four additional conscripts got similar sentences after refusing, each in turn, to serve as guards at the Ktzi'ot ("Ansar 3") prison camp - recently reopened to hold hundreds of Palestinians detained during the recent IDF offensive in Palestinian towns and villages:
Sgt. Shay Biran (ISR12055) (Hod Hasharon) - combat medic (Military ID: 6994014) Sgt. Yiftah Admoni (ISR12056) (Hod Hasharon) (ID: 6961658) Sgt. Alon Dror (ISR12057) (Kfar Saba) (ID: 7014088) Sgt. Tomer Friedman (ISR12058) (Kfar Saba) (ID: 6993743) - combat medic
All four serve in the Nahal brigade, which consists mainly of youth movement graduates. Before enlisting, they volunteered a "service year" devoted to youth work. Biran and Friedman had previously seen active combat duty in the occupied territories.
War Resisters' International calls for letters of support to these imprisoned conscientious objectors. We will send out information on their prison addresses as soon as possible.
War Resisters' International calls for letters of protest to the Israeli authorities, and Israeli embassies abroad.
War Resisters' International calls for the immediate release of all imprisoned conscientious objectors.
Andreas Speck
War Resisters' International
Mr. Binyamin Ben-Eliezer,
Minister of Defence,
Ministry of Defence,
37 Kaplan st.,
Tel-Aviv 61909,
Israel.
e-mail: mailto:sar@mod.gov.il or mailto:pniot@mod.gov
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Commander of Military Prison No. 4,
Military Postal Code 02507
IDF, Israel
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Commander of Military Prison No 6
Military Prison No 6
Military postal number 01860,
IDF
Israel.
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