SCREEN

Profile

Layout

Menu Style

Cpanel

Israeli draft refuser Hallel Rabin in military prison

Hallel Rabin

Hallel Rabin, aged 19, is from Harduf in the lower Galilee – an innovative vegetarian community inspired by Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy. About a quarter of the 600 inhabitants are people with special needs who live in the kibbutz’ four rehabilitative homes. 

Since October 21 Hallel has been serving a 25-day sentence in Israel’s Military Prison No. 6 for refusing conscription into the IDF. This is her third spell of incarceration. The official committee that considered her application for conscientious objector status voted 3—2 to reject the application on the grounds that her motives amount to political opposition rather than absolute pacifism.  

“I was raised,” says Hallel, “on the values of freedom, compassion and love. Fighting to keep another nation enslaved contradicts these values. For too long, the good people of Israel have agreed to participate in the atrocities committed by the occupation. While I know my refusal is small and personal, I wish to be the change I want to see in the world, and to show that another way is possible. Little people make big changes. It is time to shout: There is no such thing as good repression, no such thing as justifiable racism and no more room for the Israeli occupation.”

Mesarvot (a group that helps draft refusers) and Yesh Gvul (There is a Limit) are holding a protest vigil in support of Hallel Rabin today – Saturday October 31 – on the hillside facing Prison No. 6, from where demonstrators are visible and audible to prisoners and guards.

 

Links to sources 

Video interview with Hallel Rabin

https://www.refuser.org/refuser-updates/hallel-jailed

Website of Kibbutz Harduf  

Amira Hass, Oct 19  

Orly Noy, Oct 21

 

 

 

You are here: Home Places Middle East Israel/Palestine Israeli draft refuser Hallel Rabin in military prison

Contact

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

About