http://www.whywerefuse.org The Shministim Tour Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:31:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new group of Shministim has formed. Their letter of refusal, has already been signed by 88 young Israelis. Learn more about the Shministim of 2010 here: http://www.shministim.com/ Join the Shministim 2010 facebook group. Read what Haaretz has to say about them: 12th graders tell Netanyahu: We refuse to serve in IDF (Haaretz, Oct ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/the-new-shministim-class-of-2010/ Here is what the press is saying about the tour: "An elderly women in the audience who identified herself to the speakers as a Holocaust survivor thanked Wind and Mishly for their presentation, saying, if other young people use the way you do, we would live in a much better world." ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/what-are-people-saying-about-the-why-we-refuse-tour/ Read the text of the remarks delivered by Sahar Vardi, Yuval Ophir-Auron, and Omer Goldman at the Ashley Kriel Memorial Lecture Hall at the University of Western Cape in South Africa. Ashley Kriel: A global legacy for Social Justice A legacy for joint-struggle for freedom, equality and security for all in ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/shministim-remarks-in-south-africa/ Refuseniks: The Shministim By Thomas Good - October 12, 2009 Shministim is a Hebrew word meaning twelfth graders — but it means much more than that in the context of Israeli society and the occupation of Palestine. STUDENTS REFUSING TO SERVE THE OCCUPATION Shministim was the name adopted by a group of high school ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/the-shministim-at-staten-island/ By Sydney Levy Are Israeli youth allowed to speak about their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Not always. Some believe that the ideals of Israeli democracy and free speech stop at the border. Take the example of the young Israeli conscientious objectors — the Shministm — currently in speaking tours both in ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/who%e2%80%99s-afraid-of-young-israelis-talking/ http://www.whywerefuse.org/shministim-on-grittv/ By Tim Shenk Anyone who has visited the West Bank in the last 40 years has gone past a good number of Israel Defense Force (IDF) soldiers. Toting automatic rifles and dressed in combat fatigues, they are a constant presence at hundreds of checkpoints, controlling the flow of people throughout much ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/shouting-fire-an-israeli-conscientious-objector/ By Gabriel Schivone Apart from their piercing analysis and insightful conclusions about the occupation, a powerful aspect of Maya and Netta's presentation is their appearance, which matches up with who they are. This is what struck me before they even arrived on the University of Arizona campus. Their youth and relative privilege resembles any ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/shministim-in-arizona/ Three Shministim -- Yuval Ophir-Auron, Omer Goldman, and Sahar Vardi -- are coming to South Africa! Here's the info we've got, courtesy of the South African End Conscription Campaign (ECC) and the Open Shuhada Street Campaign: "Twenty five years ago the End Conscription Campaign (ECC), one of the movements connected to the ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/3-shministim-on-south-african-speaking-tour-oct-2-12-2009/ Here's what Margaret Brown, from Sabeel-Hawaii, had to say: These young women, more than any of the numerous speakers Sabeel has co-hosted, really seemed to speak to the Jews of various persuasions in the audience.  I saw Jewish acquaintances in the audience who have never come to anything we have offered ... http://www.whywerefuse.org/the-shministim-in-hawaii/