Who are the Seniors (”Shministim”)?

In Hebrew, graduates of 12 years of education are called “Shministim”.

Military service is compulsory in the state of Israel for young Jews under the mandatory conscription law.

We, the Shministim, high school graduates and social activists, refuse to do military service, and refuse to take part in the policy of oppression and military rule that has been imposed by the IDF in the occupied territories for over 42 years.

As a result of our conscientious objection to serve in the occupying army – an objection to take part in additional wars and continued bloodshed on both sides, and a desire for a peaceful and a just society – we are imprisoned.

Length of prison term runs between 21 to 28 days, and those refusing to wear uniform are sent to solitary confinement.

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