Something I've been following via a conscientious objectors' network.
"... commanders are now struggling to find enough reservists willing to serve. Some calculations show a 30% downturn in reserve deployment. Kan, Israel’s national broadcaster, puts the decline closer to 50%. ... The majority have refused because they have grown weary of a war that has failed to achieve a resolution nor succeeded in returning the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas. Many are suffering from exhaustion, both physical and emotional."
https://theconversation.com/israels-refuseniks-a-growing-number-of-soldiers-are-refusing-to-serve-in-netanyahus-war-on-gaza-264707
#Israel-Palestine #warResisters
Israel’s ‘refuseniks’: a growing number of soldiers are refusing to serve in Netanyahu’s war on Gaza

School leavers and reservists are refusing military service. But this is unlikely to stop the assault on Gaza anytime soon.

The Conversation

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We launched this campaign in response to the increasing needs of activists on the ground. The campaign will help support a growing antiwar movement in Israel by funding legal and psychological aid to refusers and war resisters, training to improve their effectiveness and resilience, the amplification of their voices, and support for their direct actions."

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Refuser Solidarity Network's Mid-Year Campaign

For over 20 years we at Refuser Solidarity Network, have supported Israeli refusers and war resisters. We launched this campaign in response to the increasing needs of activists on the ground. The campaign will help support a growing antiwar movement in Israel by funding legal and psychological aid to refusers and war resisters, training to improve their effectiveness and resilience, the amplification of their voices, and support for their direct actions. Please help if you can. Every donation makes a difference. Together, we can end the genocidal assault on Gaza! (If you prefer, we receive checks at our address: 712 H ST NE PMB 98277, Washington, DC 20002, U.S.A.) We are a registered 501c3 charity (EIN 75-3103052).

Six years ago at Democracy Now, interesting history:

Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams: Honoring #Antiwar Resisters on the 100th Anniv. of WWI’s End

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEJOaWsLjTw
#peace #warresisters #ww1 #ww2 #ww3 ☮️

Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, Jane Addams: Honoring Antiwar Resisters on the 100th Anniv. of WWI’s End

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La prochaine #résidence d'#écriture de #THX se déroulera du 2 au 12 septembre 2024 à l'Antenne, Sévérac (proche de Nantes), afin de poursuivre le travail nécessaire de nouvelles démilitaires...

#demil #offdem #antimilitarisme
#NonALaGuerre #antifa #paix #insurrection #anarchisme #littérature #mastolivre #livre #CMI #AbolishFrontex #WarResisters

https://thx.zoethical.org/pub/residence-thx-005-par-surprise-tome-2

Résidence THX-005 : Par Surprise, tome 2 - THX

"Since 2003, Refuser Solidarity Network has amplified Israeli war resisters’ voices and provided them crucial support in the toughest of political circumstances. We provide funds for demonstrations outside prison, legal fees, media campaigns that tell war resisters’ stories to the general public, and education programs for Israeli and global audiences about their important resistance to the occupation. Israeli war resisters work to end the Israeli occupation and create a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis, and Refuser Solidarity Network is here for them."

#RefuserSolidarityNetwork #WarResisters

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Refuser.org

Refuser Solidarity Network provides a base of support for those who refuse to participate in the Israeli occupation for reasons of political conscience. Their brave resistance, as part of the peace movement in the Middle East is a beacon of hope for all of us.

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This is very good news. Nobody should be forced to become a soldier!

#Estonia is an example for human rights.

(Now the same rule has to apply for people with Russian passports)

#WarResistersInternational #WarResisters

@Free_Press

in the history rhymes department, i have this thought experiment: if we're running like lab rats in a maze, and what we are reenacting is the vietnam story arc, then we can safely bet (though betting is haram) that the next phase is american boots on the ground in gaza fighting the type of urban warfare the IDF is not as good at as we are. we invented the whole door-kicking thing. we'll be stuck in a quagmire fighting our client state's illegal war for them. the only way to avoid that fate is to utterly pull the plug on support for their occupation. not sure how that's going to work out. but maybe i'm just paranoid, although i've never been wrong about these types of things before. i'm watching uncle joe with a side eye. "god bless our troops" 🫡
#WarResisters #HistoryRepeats
Ni/neither Poutine, ni/nor Zelensky :
Дезертиры всех стран, соединяйтесь!
Дезертириі всіх країн, єднайтеся!
Deserters of the world, unite!
#NoWarButClassWar #NeitherWashingtonNorMoscow #deserters #saboteurs #WarResisters #DropFoodNotBomb
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/russia-real-men-military-ad-war-ukraine-recruitment-rcna80792

#Russia . . . exploiting toxic masculinity to boost military recruitment numbers.

But also another reminder of why supporting Russian #WarResisters is the right thing to do.

#ConscientiousObjection #Ukraine #War #Peace

Russian military ad calls for 'real men' to join the war in Ukraine

Security guard, fitness trainer, taxi driver: All important jobs in peacetime but, in wartime Russia, these are not for “real men.”

NBC News