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Israeli conscientious objector Sofia Orr exempted from military service. Tal Mitnick and Ben Arad still in prison

Israeli conscientious objector Sofia Orr was exempted from service in the Israeli army after 85 days in military prison; Tal Mitnick was tried for a 5th prison sentence of 35 days, amounting to 185 in military prison Last week, 18-year-old…

New military prison sentences for Israeli conscientious objectors

Israeli conscientious objectors Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr were sentenced to 45 days in prison and 15 days probation for their refusal to take part in the war in Gaza and the ongoing occupation. Mitnick was sentenced on Tuesday April…

Sofia Orr, young Israeli conscientious objector: “My generation wasn’t born to kill or get killed”

Sofia Orr was sentenced yesterday to a second 20 days term in military prison for refusing to enlist in the Israeli army. Here is a letter she wrote about the shooting of Palestinians trying to get food. In a recent…

Sofia Orr: “This is why I refuse to enlist in the Israeli army”

My name is Sofia Orr, and I refuse to enlist in the Israeli army because there are no winners in war. Only losers. Everyone living here is losing. In Israel, on the seventh of October, all of us, especially the…

Sofia Orr Refuses to Enlist in the Israeli Army: “There are no Winners in War”

On Sunday, February 25th at 11am, Sofia Orr, an 18-year-old from Pardes Hanna, will arrive at the Tel Hashomer enlistment base and refuse to join the Israeli Army in protest of the war in Gaza and the ongoing occupation. She…