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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 âSHMINISTIMâ â 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 ISRAELâS 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:
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