Inter­na­tio­nale Arbeit für Kriegs­dienst­ver­wei­gerer und Deser­teure

Israel: Am Ende werden Avnerys Gegner*innen in seine Fußstapfen treten müssen

Nachruf auf Uri Avnery

(20.08.2018) Gush Shalom trauert um den Tod seines Gründers Uri Avnery. Bis zum letzten Augenblick blieb er seinem Weg treu, dem er sein ganzes Leben lang gefolgt war. Am Samstag vor zwei Wochen war er zu Hause auf dem Weg zu einer Demonstration zum „Nationalstaatsgesetz“ zusammengebrochen, wenige Stunden, nachdem er es in einem Artikel scharf kritisiert hatte.

Israel: Avnery’s opponents will ultimately have to follow in his footsteps

(20.08.2018) Gush Shalom grieves and mourns the passing of its founder, Uri Avnery.  Until the last moment he continued on the way he had traveled all his life. On Saturday, two weeks ago, he collapsed in his home when he was about to leave for the Rabin Square and attend a demonstration against the "Nation State Law", a few hours after he wrote a sharp article against that law. 

CO-Declaration of Hilel Garmi on Facebook

“All people need to have red lines beyond which we will no longer be prepared to cooperate more with the state.”

(14.08.2018) Hilel Garmi tells us how the recent protest at the Gazan border and the writings of Ahmed Abu Artema inspired him to his act of civil disobedience.
He talks about the injustice of the Israeli state affecting the lives of Palestinians without granting them any right to political participation in the decision-making processes between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River. For Hilel the refusal to serve in the Israeli army is a non-violent mean to emphasize the government’s lack of morality and to make the Israeli public question things they take for granted, such as the necessity and legitimacy of military actions.

CO-Declaration of Luhar Altman on Facebook

"An unjust system"

(14.08.2018) Luhar Altman refused to serve in the Israeli army. In this interview she explains to the motivation behind her choice and how literature inspired her to question the structures of Israeli society. She believes that it is unjust systems that make people turn to violence and that the Israeli military maintains a vicious circle of violence.
Draft refusers in Israel keep being imprisoned by the state and shamed by society for their act of civil disobedience.