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farhaaan:

This is Omer Goldman. She is an Israeli Jew but not just any—she is the daughter of a former deputy head of Mossad. She has been jailed twice for refusing to serve in the Israeli military.

“I refuse to enlist in the Israeli military. I shall not be part of an army that needlessly implements a violent policy and violates the most basic human rights on a daily basis.

Like most of my peers, I too have not dared to question the ethics of the Israeli military. But when I visited the Occupied Territories I realized I see a completely different reality, a violent, oppressive, extreme reality that must be ended.

I believe in service to the society I am part of, and that is precisely why I refuse to take part in the war crimes committed by my country. Violence will not bring any kind of solution, and I shall not commit violence, come what may.“

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 I am not entirely decided upon my views on Mossad, but one thing I am certain of is that Goldman should not be forced to enter the Israeli military.

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