Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is proud to announce that we will be hosting an Anti-Zionist Refusenik Speaking Tour! Starting March 4th, Israeli conscientious objectors Tal Mitnick and Einat Gerlitz will be traveling across the country, speaking about their experiences resisting genocide and why they refused to serve in the Israeli military.
Mitnick and Gerlitz will be hosted by IJV chapters across Canada to talk about war resisters in the movement for a free Palestine, nonviolent resistance to Zionist fascism in Israel, pinkwashing of Israeli apartheid, and how Canadians can support resistance to Israeli warcrimes.
Mitnick and Gerlitz are leading figures in a growing wave of dissent among Israeli youth, challenging the brutal military occupation and advocating for Palestinian liberation. Both of them have paid the price for their stand, enduring time in Israeli military prisons for their refusal to participate in what they call a violent system that perpetuates apartheid and genocide. Their actions have sparked a global conversation about the vital role of war resisters in the fight for human rights and a free Palestine.
IJV has partnered with the Mesarvot Network on this tour, which will also feature speakers from the Palestinian solidarity movement in Canada. Mesarvot’s mandate is to support and raise the profile of young Israelis who refuse to be part of Israel’s war machine. These speakers approach this work from an anti-Zionist perspective while aiming to build a broad coalition in order to defeat the ongoing forces of oppression within and outside Israel.
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Israeli Conscientious Objectors Come to Canada
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