Conscientious Objectors to serving the occupation
in/out of military prison update

Orwa Zidan was released from military jail # 4 last week after finishing his imprisonment term. A few days later, on Sunday August 21 he presented himself at the national conscription center near Tel Aviv and announced again that he refuses to be enlisted for regular mandatory service in the IDF.
Orwa was sentenced to another term of 21 days in military jail and was sent to prison # 4 where he met briefly with refusers Shaul Mograbi-Berger and Alex Cohn. This is Orwa’s second round in military prison.
Wissam Qablan who was in military jail # 6 was also released having finished his imprisonment term. When leaving jail Wissam was ordered to present himself at the national conscription center in order to be enlisted to the IDF.
Until this update Wissam has already been imprisoned for more than ??? days for refusing to be enlisted.
Alex Cohn and Shaul Mograbi-Berger were released from military jail # 4 on Friday August 26th. This was Alex’s sixth round in military jail and Shaul’s first. When released they were ordered to present themselves at the national conscription center the following week.
Until this update Alex has already been imprisoned for more than 110 days for refusing to be enlisted.

Write letters to Owra Zidan
Orwa Zeidan, (we miss his Military ID), Military Prison no. 4, Military postal code 02507, IDF, Israel

Write letters to the Authorities
It is recommended to send letters of protest on behalf of the imprisoned objectors, preferably by fax, to:

Mr. Shaul Mofaz, Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence, 37 Kaplan St.,
Tel-Aviv 61909, Israel E-mail: sar@mod.gov.il or pniot@mod.gov.il
Fax: ++972-3-696-27-57 / ++972-3-691-69-40 / ++972-3-691-79-15

Another useful address for sending copies would be the Military Attorney General:

Chief Military Attorney, Military postal code 9605, IDF, Israel
Fax: ++972-3-569-43-70

Write letters to your local Israeli embassy
It would be very effective to send protests to your local Israeli embassy. You can find the address of your local embassy on the web.

To learn more about conscientious objection in Israel visit our website www.refuz.org.il

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