Some Israeli Teens Choosing Prison over the Army

Monday, March 24, 2025

18-year-old Itamar Greenberg has been in and out of prison for the last year, serving a total of 197 days over five consecutive sentences. Earlier this month, Greenberg was released from the Neve Tzedek prison for the last time. His crime? Refusing to enlist after being summoned for military service ...

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Besides teens, IDF veterans formed an organization to spread the word about the war crimes, prisoner abuse, and atrocities they have witnessed against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. One of the worst IDF crimes is using Palestinians as human shields: www.breakingthesilence.org.il

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-24 02:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

NPR this morning reported that BiBi has only his war to hold his political position. If/when the hostilities end, he will be back in court to face criminal charges. Meanwhile, the IDF reports its soldiers are weary from the constant deployment and battles. As for the Palestinians, they should be seen like the Viet Cong. As Captain Willard stated in Apocalypse Now:

"Charlie had only two ways home: death, or victory."

Gaza may become the Riviera of the Middle East, but the Arab States are who will build it. The IDF will never get the Palestinians out of Gaza. Never. The wealth of the Arab States and the hatred of the Israelis by the Arab population will not countenance such an outcome...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2025-03-24 05:40 PM | Reply

"Meanwhile, the IDF reports its soldiers are weary from the constant deployment and battles."

Hannibal Directive will do that to a drafted civilian role-playing as a hardened killer.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-24 05:44 PM | Reply

Catdog: Your comments hit it perfectly. I also liken the Palestinian muqawama (Arabic for resistance) to the Apaches, the Nez Pierce, or the Sioux of 19th-century America. Back then the enemy was called 'savages' and 'Redskins'-- today the enemy is slandered as 'terrorists.' Trumpf even referred to Chuck Schumer as "Hamas" before the disastrous GOP budget was passed.

#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-24 05:53 PM | Reply

"I would prefer this over killing children"

See, this is the problem with drafting random 18 year olds.
You don't get Boaz.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-03-24 06:00 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

At the Knesset last year a psychiatrist testified that suicides and PTSD increased throughout Israeli society because of the Nakba. Gut arbet, Bibi!

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#6 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-24 08:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

What an amazing person. Good for him. I hope he inspires others.

#7 | Posted by Brennnn at 2025-03-25 01:32 AM | Reply

The antiwar movement is slowly growing in Israel. More Israeli teens are refusing induction into the IDF on moral grounds, as opposed to the Haredim who were religiously excused from the IDF until recently: www.cbc.ca

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-25 03:58 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Netanyahu didn't create the genocidal racism in Israel, the genocidal racism in Israel created Netanyahu.

#9 | Posted by ExpectingReign at 2025-03-25 11:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And when Bibi lost his older brother Yoni in the famous 1976 "Raid on Entebbe," he became further full of hatred and bitterness. Yoni was a philosophical, charismatic and handsome officer in the IDF. He was the only Israeli casualty in that mission to free hostages that were hijacked to Uganda: en.wikipedia.org

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-03-25 03:56 PM | Reply