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A PROTEST will be held outside a military prison in Israel on Saturday to demand the release of three military refuseniks.
Crowds will gather in support of the trio — Eran Aviv, Shachar Perez and Communist Party of Israel member Orem Feld — at Tzedek prison, near the city of Netanya, at 4pm.
Mr Feld, who is the Hadash party’s Jerusalem branch secretary, was sentenced to 14 days behind bars earlier this week after refusing to serve for the occupying forces.
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
ASSAF TALGAM talks to an Israeli Communist lawmaker about the need to use every tool of democratic and non-violent struggle; how Israeli society has changed since October 7 2023; and the persecution of the left in the parliamentary arena