[Internazionale] Aiutiamo questi giovani israeliani che rifiutano di arruolarsi?

[PAL NEWS]

Guardate i visi <http://december18th.org/> di questi giovani e coraggiosi
ragazzi israeliani.

Howard Zinn <http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn> ci invia questa
lettera e ci chiede di sottoscrivere la lettera al ministro israeliano:

Dear friend,

I've been thinking a lot about courage.

Right now, while I'm snug and fed this Thanksgiving holiday in the comfort
of my home, halfway around the world a group of teenagers is sitting in a
jail cell today, demonstrating the very definition of courage and sacrifice.
It's frustrating. Humbling. *And I'm damn glad to have the chance to do
something big about
it*.<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5UCfGcLPjruBdik7GPmuSmWdGyyUdjzV>


See that fresh-faced, bold young woman on the right? Her name is *Raz
Bar-David Varon*. She's an 18-year-old Israeli who just graduated from
12th grade.
And as I write this, she's sitting in jail in Tel Aviv because she refuses
to join the Israeli army.

In my day we called them the "refuseniks" and here in the U.S. they're
"conscientious objectors." In Israel, they're still in high school and they
are the Shministim. Get used to that word because I'm going to ask you to
know it, to say it, to use it. You see, *Raz Bar-David Varon and another
dozen or so Shministim have asked Jewish Voice for Peace for our help and
this is one request we can't
refuse.*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zyjiHsztmC6gU9%2BRCH0jeGWdGyyUdjzV>

The Shministim - all about ages 17, 18, 19 and in the 12th grade - are
taking a stand. They believe in a better, more peaceful future for
themselves and for Israelis *and* Palestinians, and they are refusing to
join the Israeli army. They're in jail, holding strong against immense
pressure from family, friends and the Israeli government. *They need our
support and they need it
today.***<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=exZZHf%2FVZWAE62KBgGW5RGWdGyyUdjzV>

They have asked people like us to let the Israeli government know we are
watching, and that we support their courage. They're hoping to receive
hundreds of thousands of postcards to be delivered to the Israeli Minister
of Defense on December 18th, when they will hold a huge rally and press
conference. They're hoping to stand strong on the steps of this majestic
building - and on the steps of history - representing not only the thousands
of refusers who came before them, not only the many young people to whom
they are an example of a better world, but also to represent *us*. They have
asked you, me, and every person who strives for peace to be on those steps
with them, on that day. *I will be there*. See:

**


Will you join me? It's simple. *Sign a letter
now*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3qGrzSf0ua7UNo%2BCwYMFKGWdGyyUdjzV>
*.* And don't stop there - ask your loved ones to join you. During this week
of giving thanks, signing a letter is the least we can do to give thanks for
the courageous among us.
Raz is a Shministit. Raz is Courage. And with our support of her today, you
and I are Shministim too.

Thank you - and go *sign that
letter*<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Jn1Z4lK2dlgQqLDZ74lt%2B2WdGyyUdjzV>
*.*

Howard Zinn



-- 
Palestina News - voce di ISM (International Solidarity Movement) Italia
http://www.ism-italia.it
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