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IN ISRAEL, TEENAGERS ARE REQUIRED TO SERVE
TWO TO THREE YEARS IN THE MILITARY AFTER
THEY COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL.
MAYA WIND AND NETTA MISHLY ARE 19 YEAR-OLD
ISRAELI WOMEN, WHO ARE PART OF A SMALL
MOVEMENT CALLED “SHMINISTIM” – OR TWELFTH
GRADERS. THEY REFUSE TO BECOME SOLDIERS
IF IT MEANS SERVING IN AN OCCUPYING FORCE,
GUARDING CHECKPOINTS, DETAINING
PALESTINIANS WITHOUT CHARGE, AND ENFORCING
A SIEGE, WHICH CAUSES A HUMANITARIAN DISASTER.
FOR THE PAST MONTH, THEY HAVE SPOKEN COAST
TO COAST TO STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWDS AT
U.S. UNIVERSITIES, EXPLAINING HOW THEY BECAME
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS AND WHY AMERICAN
STUDENTS SHOULD PRESSURE THEIR GOVERNMENT
TO STOP SUPPORTING ISRAEL’S COLONIAL PROJECT.
ON FRIDAY EVENING, WBAI FRED NGUYEN WAS ONE
OF MORE THAN TWO HUNDREDS WHO CAME TO HEAR
THEIR MESSAGE AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND HE
FILED THIS REPORT:
