Jesch Gvul

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Jesch Gvul (often: Yesh Gvul , Hebrew יש גבול, German “there is a limit” or “there is enough”) is an Israeli conscientious objection organization in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Jesch Gvul supports soldiers who refuse to go to war materially and makes their case public. Most of the members are not pacifists who generally reject military service, but emphasize their general willingness to do so, but insist on the limitation of obedience and the inviolability of personal values.

Origin and goals

The movement was founded in July 1982 as part of extra-parliamentary protests against the first Lebanon war in 1982 in Jerusalem by reservists who asked for exemption from operations in Lebanon. More than 250 soldiers then signed a corresponding petition to the then Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Defense Minister Ariel Sharon :

“We took an oath to defend the security and the welfare of the state of Israel. We are faithful to that oath. Therefore, we request you to permit us to perform our reserve duty within the borders of the state of Israel and not on the soil of Lebanon. "

“We have taken an oath to defend the security and welfare of the State of Israel. We are true to this oath. Therefore we ask you to allow us to carry out our reserve service within the borders of the State of Israel and not on the soil of Lebanon. "

- From the letter of the Yesch Gvul organization to Menachem Begin

143 soldiers, a fifth of them officers, then demonstrably refused to be deployed, were prosecuted and imprisoned for between 14 and 35 days in military prisons . By the beginning of the Second Intifada , around 400 objectors had served prison terms, after which the numbers rose rapidly.

In October 1989, Yesh Gvul petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court against various aspects of the current shooting orders . The petition was rejected.

The organization demands the implementation of the UN partition plan for Palestine , the end of the "abuse of the IDF" and the occupation of the Palestinian autonomous territories .

Jesch Gvul distances himself from other organizations such as Shalom Achschaw , which also criticize military operations but refuse to obey orders , but is associated with younger anti-war organizations such as the Refuser Solidarity Network in Chicago and the left-wing Schovrim Schtika .

criticism

Caroline Glick, commentator for the Jerusalem Post , described Jesch Gvul as a "criminal organization" because of the calls for conscientious objection . Following an ad campaign in 2009 in Haaretz magazine in which Yesh Gvul implicitly called on soldiers not to participate in ongoing military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip , Knesset MP Uri Ariel called for indictments of incitement and sedition against the group. However, Israel's Attorney General Shai Nitzan declined to bring charges.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b V. Y. Mudimbe: Nations, identities, cultures . Issue 4, Duke University Press, 1997, pp. 86-87
  2. ↑ Hedva Isachar: Remaining uncomfortable. An overview of the history of political protest in Israel from the perspective of the extra-parliamentary movements. In: Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Israel Office. September 19, 2016, accessed April 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b I Sucharov: The international self: psychoanalysis and the search for Israeli-Palestinian peace . SUNY Press, 2005, pp. 108-109
  4. ^ Yoram Peri: Generals in the cabinet room: How the military shapes Israeli policy . US Institute of Peace Press, 2006, pp. 184-186
  5. ^ A License to kill: Israeli operations against “wanted” and masked Palestinians . Human Rights Watch , 1993, p. 46
  6. ^ Mordechai Bar-On: In pursuit of peace: a history of the Israeli peace movement . US Institute of Peace Press, 1996, p. 230
  7. ↑ Caroline Glick: Gaza's long shadow ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Jerusalem Post, September 15, 2005 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / info.jpost.com
  8. ^ No Charges in Anti-IDF Campaign . Arutz Scheva (Israel national news), November 9, 2009