Ido Elam , a young man who signed the letter to the Israeli army not to enlist, was interviewed today (Wednesday) on the subject on the program of Anat Davidov and Udi Segal on 103FM , addressed the subject and explained why he did so.
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"My friends and I signed the letter to tell the government, the general public, that there are hundreds of students who are now going for military service and do not want to enlist under a dictatorship," he said at the beginning of his remarks, "whether it is the dictatorship that we see slowly forming in Israel or whether it is the dictatorship over Palestinians in the territories We don't want to enlist in an army that serves a government that does not represent us and represents our anti."
"I think the moves we are seeing now with the laws are not something new, they are directly related to the occupation," he added, "I don't see a difference between the two. This coup d'état and the laws they are trying to pass is only to consolidate the occupation even more. You can see who is trying To deliver the coup, Rotman, Ben Gabir and Levin, settlers. If the justice system is changed, there will be no restraint on the crimes they want to commit. If the step that needs to be taken is that I go to prison, I am ready to go to prison, I am not going to enlist in the army."
He was then asked whether he would leave his signature even if Netanyahu stopped the reform legislation and said: "Personally, yes. I can say that the legal coup is the straw that broke the camel's back. This makes it clear to us that no matter what they will not stop, and it will continue to be that way. Since then The 1967 occupation, it will only get worse and worse."
At the end of his speech he said that "My parents personally support me, I know they do worry if I have to go to prison. They don't want me to be considered an 'outsider' in Israeli society. But if my personal choice is not to enlist, they fully support me. My brother supports me In the process, he did enlist, but he is already older."
Assisted in the preparation of the article: Shani Romano 103FM