Didi here. More than 20 years ago, as a reservist in the Israeli army serving in the West Bank, I refused to be part of the Israeli occupation. In my last message, I shared that Refuser Solidarity Network is shifting our focus toward building the infrastructure necessary to sustain resistance from within Israeli society. I want to tell you more about what that means in practice, and why this moment is so critical. Please, help us to spread the word about the Israeli resistance to your friends, family, and community by forwarding this email to 3 people.
Over the past two years, we have witnessed extraordinary courage from refusers, organizers, and activists who chose to resist genocide, occupation, and apartheid despite immense personal risk. But courage alone is not enough. For resistance to grow, it must be supported by structure: shared knowledge, relationships, and the skills necessary to organize effectively under conditions of repression. Without this foundation, resistance remains isolated. With it, resistance becomes durable.
This is why we are now investing deeply in developing workshops and trainings designed to equip activists and movement partners with the tools they need to sustain and expand opposition from within. These trainings focus on the fundamentals of movement building: how to organize under repression, effective tactics for change, how to build collective resilience, and how to transform individual acts of refusal into broader social and political force.
This work is already underway. We are building relationships with partners across civil society who understand that opposing genocide and occupation requires long-term coordination and shared capacity. We are creating spaces where activists can learn from one another, strengthen their networks, and develop strategies that allow resistance to persist and grow even in increasingly hostile conditions.
What makes this moment particularly urgent is the attempt to normalize what has taken place. As the genocide in Gaza is reframed through the language of “stability” and “post-war order,” there is enormous pressure for dissent to disappear, for people to accept these outcomes as inevitable. Our role is to ensure that resistance does not recede, but instead becomes more organized, more connected, and more capable of challenging the systems responsible for this violence.
Building this kind of infrastructure is slow, deliberate work. It does not produce headlines overnight. But it is essential. History has demonstrated this. From Extinction Rebellion to countless national uprisings, an infrastructural backbone is often what holds these movements together. Every training strengthens the capacity of activists to continue. Every connection built between organizers makes resistance less isolating and more sustainable. Every investment in movement infrastructure helps ensure that opposition to genocide and occupation remains a material force within Israeli society.
This work is only possible because of your support. Your support helps us provide the trainings, coordination, and care that make sustained resistance possible. Thank you for standing with us. Please, help us to reach more people and make more change by forwarding this email to 3 people in your network.