Israeli cops brutalized our friends
Dear Friend,
Shahaf here. We don’t normally send you two emails in one week, but these are not normal times. This past Saturday, hundreds of Israeli war resisters demonstrated across the country, in Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem, calling for an immediate end to the war on Iran. Our friends and allies were there, and the reports are shocking. Israeli police brutalized protestors, violently arrested many, and declared the demonstrations illegal.
This is just the latest in a concerted crackdown on dissent against the war. As the police response accelerates, we fear that these anti-war Israeli voices will be shut down. This is why we need you. Together, we are organizing a mass petition of war resisters from around the world calling for an immediate end to the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and standing up alongside those still fighting within Israel itself. Your voice is the moral boost our friends and allies need to keep fighting. Friend , will you add your voice against the war today?
Since the US and Israel launched their war on Iran nearly a month ago, Israeli activists have mobilized for a clear anti-war call. Yet the government response has been swift, and extreme. Two weeks ago, a demonstrator was violently arrested and illegally strip searched. Police have denied permits for protests, and attacked the protestors defying those orders with batons and fists. And the brutality only grew this past week.
This crackdown on protestors is not just about Israel’s latest attacks on Iran. With an ongoing genocide in Gaza, a full-fledged ethnic cleansing campaign in southern Lebanon, daily pogroms against Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank, and the nonstop attacks on Iranian cities - the Israeli government is aiming to silence all who refuse its program of violence and expansion. But this is where you - and the many thousands in our network - come in. A united, international call against the war will support the Israeli demonstrators refusing the war, and break through the government’s censorship and crackdown. Let’s stand together against the war. Add your voice now:
Yes! I want to show my support!
Friend, this moment is not easy. After over two and a half years of genocide and war (and many more years of violent occupation), many of our allies are demoralized. But we know how critical internal opposition is.
We know the power of citizens who refuse - loudly and publicly - to walk along their government’s warpath.
We see it in the tens of thousands of brave citizens in Iran demanding their freedoms, and we see it in the persistence of activists shouting against war on the streets of Jerusalem. We face immense odds, but together, we know we can succeed in building a world of peace.
In solidarity,
Shahaf Weisbein
Refuser Solidarity Network