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We Got This Covered
David James

‘The right side of history’: Israeli teens burn IDF draft orders, refuse to participate in genocide

Despite what you might conclude from social media, Israel is divided when it comes to the ongoing genocide in Palestine. After all, it’s psychologically difficult to square that while you’re sunbathing on the beach in Tel Aviv, 50 miles to the south your military is executing children at a water distribution point.

Israel has mandatory military service in the IDF, with the Israeli teens being called up having to contend with their consciences as to what this means. Will they be directly implicated in crimes against humanity, have their morals warped by monstrous orders from their commanders, or have to spend the rest of their lives suffering nightmarish flashbacks to kids they killed?

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