Word: insubordinationã
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...increased six-fold, garnering a 30 percent approval rating among the Israeli public. The “selective refusal” movement is not new: already an estimated 400 reservists have refused to take part in the current campaign of repression, 50 being jailed for their “insubordination??. Together with signatories on earlier declarations to the same effect, the number of refuseniks, past or prospective, now stands at around 1,000. Considering Israel’s much smaller population, it would be the equivalent of 40,000 politically-motivated refusals in the U.S. armed forces. This...
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