Left-wing activists gathered to support "refuseniks" Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik on Nov. 27, 2024. Some of them denounced a "genocide" in Gaza. Photo by Khadija Toufik taken at the Tel-HaShomer military recruitment base, located in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv.
By the end of November, he had already served 105 days in prison and was beginning his fourth incarceration period of 45 days. His crime: Refusing to serve in the Israeli army last August when he turned 18, the age for mandatory military service for Jewish and Druze Israelis, except for those from the occupied Golan.Itamar Greenberg is among those called "Refuzniks," or "conscientious objectors."Outside the Tel HaShomer recruiting center in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv, where he was summoned, the activist with medium-length blonde hair and round glasses stood firm in his decision: "In five hours, I'm going back to prison, and that's fine, I'm doing what I have to do."While his friends supported him, his family was not there to back him up."I always knew I wouldn't wear the uniform, even if...
By the end of November, he had already served 105 days in prison and was beginning his fourth incarceration period of 45 days. His crime: Refusing to serve in the Israeli army last August when he turned 18, the age for mandatory military service for Jewish and Druze Israelis, except for those from the occupied Golan.Itamar Greenberg is among those called "Refuzniks," or "conscientious objectors."Outside the Tel HaShomer recruiting center in Kiryat Ono, near Tel Aviv, where he was summoned, the activist with medium-length blonde hair and round glasses stood firm in his decision: "In five hours, I'm going back to prison, and that's fine, I'm doing what I have to do."While his friends supported him, his family was not there to back him up."I always knew I wouldn't wear the uniform, even...
